Namban art
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Namban art refers to Japanese art from the 1500s-1600s influenced by Nanban trade with Europe. It reflects one of the first known Asian terms for westernization. The Kobe City Museum, in Kobe, Japan, preserves a major collection of Namban art.
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- Kobe City Museum
- Yoshitomo Okamoto, The Namban Art of Japan, translated by Ronald K. Jones, Weatherhill/Heibonsha, New York & Tokyo, 1972.
- Rodrigo Rivero Lake, Namban: Art in Viceregal Mexico, Turner, 2006. ISBN 9788475066936.
