Nanban Art and its Globality: A Case Study of the New Spanish Mural The Great Martyrdom of Japan in 1597
Traditionally, nanban art has been seen as a simple product of exchanges between Japan, Portugal and Spain. The historiography tends to solely focus on artistic contributions of the Society of Jesus due to the foundation of a painting school in Japan. Thereby, the relevance of the Indo-Portuguese ro...
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doaj-f3ddf3ed6e0745168e2b627b1df796372021-04-13T23:34:19ZengUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, sede MedellínHistoria y Sociedad0121-84172357-47202019-01-013610.15446/hys.n36.7346050377Nanban Art and its Globality: A Case Study of the New Spanish Mural The Great Martyrdom of Japan in 1597Rie Arimura0Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia. Departamento de Historia del Arte. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Traditionally, nanban art has been seen as a simple product of exchanges between Japan, Portugal and Spain. The historiography tends to solely focus on artistic contributions of the Society of Jesus due to the foundation of a painting school in Japan. Thereby, the relevance of the Indo-Portuguese route in the cross-cultural history has been emphasized. However, the research advances of the last decades identify that nanban works consist of artistic inheritances from diverse regions of the world which were connected through the Portuguese and Spanish transoceanic routes. Similarly, Japanese nanban art influenced the artistic productions on the other side of the world. In summary, nanban art cannot be understood without taking into account its global implications. This paper clarifies the changes in epistemological understanding of nanban art, and its redefinitions through a historiographical review. This work also shows the important role of Spanish America in the artistic exchange mechanisms; these interactions occurred reciprocally. Therefore, the New World was one of the regions where Japanese art significantly influenced local productions. To exemplify this phenomenon, we address the influence of nanban art on the mural painting The great martyrdom of Japan in 1597 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/73460artsart historyAsian artLatin American artnanban artkirishitan art |
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Nanban Art and its Globality: A Case Study of the New Spanish Mural The Great Martyrdom of Japan in 1597 |
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Nanban Art and its Globality: A Case Study of the New Spanish Mural The Great Martyrdom of Japan in 1597 |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín |
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Traditionally, nanban art has been seen as a simple product of exchanges between Japan, Portugal and Spain. The historiography tends to solely focus on artistic contributions of the Society of Jesus due to the foundation of a painting school in Japan. Thereby, the relevance of the Indo-Portuguese route in the cross-cultural history has been emphasized. However, the research advances of the last decades identify that nanban works consist of artistic inheritances from diverse regions of the world which were connected through the Portuguese and Spanish transoceanic routes. Similarly, Japanese nanban art influenced the artistic productions on the other side of the world. In summary, nanban art cannot be understood without taking into account its global implications. This paper clarifies the changes in epistemological understanding of nanban art, and its redefinitions through a historiographical review. This work also shows the important role of Spanish America in the artistic exchange mechanisms; these interactions occurred reciprocally. Therefore, the New World was one of the regions where Japanese art significantly influenced local productions. To exemplify this phenomenon, we address the influence of nanban art on the mural painting The great martyrdom of Japan in 1597 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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