Poster 'Pair of Namban Screens with Maps of the World and Japan' Size:M Eastern Wei dynasty (534-550 CE)

Eastern Wei dynasty (534-550 CE) or Northern Qi dynasty (550-577 CE)

the chrome-yellow chairs and bed

the astronomer of the 2nd century saw the Earth as a round planet and assumed that it was possible to travel all the way round it

Whether paired with everyday attire or chosen as a meaningful souvenir

Size: 16 x 21cm

Poster 'Pair of Namban Screens with Maps of the World and Japan' Size:M Eastern Wei dynasty (534-550 CE)This poster features a folding screens painted in bright colours on an indigo background form maps more than 2. 5 metres long. They are indicative of the global circulation of knowledge during the pre modern era and the fact that Japan had been included in the circuit following the Portuguese and Spanish expansion into Asia and the missionary expeditions of the Jesuits. One screen shows a planisphere, the other the Japanese archipelago. The maps