When Worlds Collide--Art, Cartography, and Japanese Nanban World Map Screens
A number of Momoyama (1573-1615) and Edo (1615-1868) period folding screens feature Western maps of the world as their subject. These map screens are among the earliest examples of Japanese visual culture to feature pictorial imagery shaped by European cartographic science, geographic knowledge, and...
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| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7916/D85M6CSX |