• The Azuchi Screens (Japanese: 安土屏風) are a set of six-folding screens depicting Azuchi Castle and its nearby town. Oda Nobunaga gifted them to Pope Gregory...
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    Azuchi Castle (安土城, Azuchi-jō) was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture...
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    The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi–Momoyama jidai) was the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japanese history from 1568...
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    the now lost Azuchi Screens. The period in the history of Japan approximately between 1568 and 1603 is called Azuchi-Momoyama period. Azuchi Castle ruins...
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    the so-called Azuchi Screens to Pope Gregory XIII, who displayed them in the Vatican. In the 17th and 18th centuries, many folding screens were imported...
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    Note 53. McKelway, Matthew (2006). "The Azuchi Screens and Images of Castles". Capitalscapes Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval...
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    Oda Nobunaga (category People of Azuchi–Momoyama-period Japan)
    Railways. McKelway, Matthew (2006). "The Azuchi Screens and Images of Castles". Capitalscapes Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval...
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    May 2014. McKelway, Matthew (2006). "The Azuchi Screens and Images of Castles". Capitalscapes Folding Screens and Political Imagination in Late Medieval...
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    portable gilded chashitsu (tea room) constructed during the late 16th century Azuchi–Momoyama period for the Japanese regent Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi's tea ceremonies...
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    original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-10-14. "Folding Screens and Sliding Door Paintings: Azuchi-Momoyama–Edo period (May–July 2017)". Tokyo National Museum...
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    Byōbu (redirect from Japanese screens)
    were Japanese folding screens. The word byōbu entered Mexican Spanish as biombo. The scenes depicted on these folding screens were frequently historical...
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    between 100 painted screens as the approach to a flower party. That, unlike scrolls, sliding doors were by convention not signed, and screens only rarely, considerably...
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  • one of the great painters of the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573-1603), and he is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Pine Trees and Pine Tree...
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    to the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1615). Now in Tokyo National Museum, it has been designated a National Treasure. This Japanese folding screen was made...
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    of Kōrin's Wind God and Thunder God screens that belonged to Hōitsu's family. The monumental two-sided byōbu screens became a symbol of the Rinpa tradition...
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    made of shōji screens that can be pushed open to join two rooms together, and then close them allowing more privacy. The shōji screens are made of paper...
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    including pikemen, bowmen, musketeers and horsemen were samurai". During the Azuchi–Momoyama period (late Sengoku period), "samurai" often referred to wakatō...
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  • as Zao. Not long after the kidnapping, Zareth's plan becomes apparent as Azuchi castle - the dwelling of Zao - rises from the waters. Joe Yamato, an experienced...
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    Motonobu (1476–1559) In sharp contrast to the previous Muromachi period, the Azuchi–Momoyama period was characterized by a grandiose polychrome style, with...
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    16, 1543 – October 12, 1590) was a Japanese painter who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history and one of the most prominent patriarchs...
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  • final phase of the Sengoku period (The Age of Warring States), mainly the Azuchi–Momoyama period. It features reenactments of historical events and commentary...
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    Śākyamuni coming out of the mountains. 15th-16th century. Nara National Museum Azuchi–Momoyama period saw the rise of the Kanō school (狩野派 Kanō-ha?) which is...
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    works, depicting a continuing landscape through the four seasons. In the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1603), a succession of military leaders, such as Oda...
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    icons and other objects were produced, Nanban byōbu (南蛮屏風) or folding screens are particularly notable, with over 90 pairs surviving to this day. These...
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    receive suits of clothes, and present Sixtus a pair of folding screens (now lost) depicting Azuchi, site of Nobunaga's castle. April 10 Pope Gregory XIII dies...
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  • selling his decorated scrolls, screens and fans from his shop (eya), and is known for his tarashikomi paintings on fans and screens. Tawaraya's depth of style...
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    Chinese art and Juyi's ballads. Upon becoming Empress, Shōshi installed screens decorated with Chinese script, causing outrage because written Chinese...
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    Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The period takes its name from Nobunaga's headquarters, Azuchi Castle, and Hideyoshi's headquarters, Momoyama Castle. Nobunaga was the...
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    daimyo of Matsumae Domain, in present-day Matsumae, Hokkaidō, from the Azuchi–Momoyama period until the Meiji Restoration. They were given the domain...
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    Restoration 1185–1333 Muromachi Nanboku-chō period Sengoku period 1336–1573 Azuchi–Momoyama Nanban trade Imjin War Battle of Sekigahara 1573–1603 Edo (Tokugawa)...
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