id:			144816
accession number:	1969.59.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.59.a
updated:		2023-01-11 02:46:11.755000

Writing Box with Decoration of Foreigners ("Southern Barbarians'), c. 1600. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615). Lacquer on wood with designs in gold and silver lacquer and inlaid silver; overall: 23 x 20.2 cm (9 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1969.59.a

title:				Writing Box with Decoration of Foreigners ("Southern Barbarians')
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creation date:			c. 1600
creation date earliest:		1595
creation date latest:		1605
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615)
technique:	lacquer on wood with designs in gold and silver lacquer and inlaid silver
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Lacquer
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measurements: Overall: 23 x 20.2 cm (9 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2001-07-15T00:00:00
	<i>Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970: Year in Review 1969.<br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/14/01-9/16/01 (2nd of 2 rotations).  "Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art."<br><br>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236); April 19, 2013 - December 24, 2013

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PROVENANCE

	[Robert Rousset]
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wall description:
For many Japanese patrons, objects decorated with images of foreigners offered the rare opportunity to see westerners. The two men on the left were likely Portuguese traders, identifiable by their balloon-shaped pants. The man on the right is a Jesuit priest. Portuguese traders arrived in Japan in 1543 and soon after Christian missionaries began to create outposts there. By the early 17th century, Christianity was outlawed and the Portuguese were forced out of Japan. This object was created during the short period when the Portuguese were allowed in Japan.
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