Verified: Index Of Nanban

These screens depict the arrival of a Portuguese nao (black ship) at a Japanese port—often Nagasaki or Hirado. The foreign crew is rendered with exaggerated features: large noses, pale skin, billowing pantaloons (bombachas), and dark robes or Catholic vestments. They are shown disembarking beside black-robed Jesuit priests, while Japanese officials and merchants kneel or gesture in the foreground. In the background, a Nanban church (temporary structure with hybrid roof lines) shares space with a Buddhist temple.

Tokugawa Ieyasu’s government issued the Bateren Tsuihōrei , banning Christianity. By 1639, the Portuguese were expelled, and the "Index of Nanban" closes with the shift to Dutch (Oranda) traders confined to Dejima. index of nanban

This article serves as a comprehensive index—both a literal guide to finding digital Nanban archives and a conceptual breakdown of the Nanban phenomenon. Whether you are looking for raw server directories of Japanese historical scrolls, high-resolution images of Nanban byobu (folding screens), or a structured list of key events, people, and artifacts, this is your definitive "index." These screens depict the arrival of a Portuguese