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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 228913, member: 56&quot;]I doubt there&#039;s a lot to be read into the images.&nbsp; Europeans found the Japanese appearance bizarre and vice versa.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think your figures come from this source, a Japanese namban (southern barbarians) screen, 17thC:</p><p><a href="https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&amp;image=0103258&amp;wwwflag=4&amp;itemx=4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&amp;image=0103258&amp;wwwflag=4&amp;itemx=4" rel="nofollow">https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&amp;image=0103258&amp;wwwflag=4&amp;itemx=4</a></p><p><br /></p><p>detail:</p><p><a href="https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&amp;image=0070973&amp;wwwflag=4&amp;itemx=7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&amp;image=0070973&amp;wwwflag=4&amp;itemx=7" rel="nofollow">https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&amp;image=0070973&amp;wwwflag=4&amp;itemx=7</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This article, shows the full screen (haven&#039;t followed the links):</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/portuguese-japan-nanban-art-trade-francisco-filipe-cruz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/portuguese-japan-nanban-art-trade-francisco-filipe-cruz" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/portuguese-japan-nanban-art-trade-francisco-filipe-cruz</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The screen dates between 1559 - 1635&nbsp; and is attributed to Kano Sanraku.&nbsp; It may be in the Kobe City Museum or the Suntory Museum of Art Important Cultural Property, Tokyo</p><p><br /></p><p>This link has thumbnails, but they won&#039;t enlarge for me:</p><p><a href="http://www.brouage.com/e-doc3.php?action=rep&amp;rep=../data/patrimoine/arts%20et%20civilisations/-%20art%20japonais/kano%20sanraku" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brouage.com/e-doc3.php?action=rep&amp;rep=../data/patrimoine/arts%20et%20civilisations/-%20art%20japonais/kano%20sanraku" rel="nofollow">http://www.brouage.com/e-doc3.php?action=rep&amp;rep=../data/patrimoine/arts et civilisations/- art japonais/kano sanraku</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Your vase might be a souvenir from one of those museums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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