Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians"
Unknown Artist
c. 1600
Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
146.7 × 337.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
1960.193.1
About this artwork
Europeans were called "Southern Barbarians" because their ships arrived in Japan from the south.