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Namban (“Southern Barbarians” in Japan)

» Kano School, Japan

Artist / Origin	Kano School, Japan Region: East Asia
Date	Edo period, 17th century Period: 1400 CE - 1800 CE
Material	Ink, color, and gold on paper Medium: Painting
Dimensions	H: 60 ¼ in. (153 cm.), W: 130 ½ in. (331 cm).
Location	The Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Credit	Courtesy of the Freer Gallery or Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

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