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"Nanban" means "foreigners who come from the south"—the Portuguese and Spanish traders who come to Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries. Their strange clothes and odd physiognomy add a humorous cachet to many decorative arts of the Edo period.
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Title: Sake Bottle with Nanban (Southern Barbarian) Design
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Stoneware with overglaze enamels (Awata ware)
Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Mary B. Henderson, 1975
Object Number: 1975.325.6
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