Christian Shrine with Flowers, Trees, Birds, and Beasts
- Exhibition information
- There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.
This shrine was intended for export to Europe, where it would have been hung on the wall for private worship. The doors are richly decorated in Japanese lacquer, gold, silver, and seashell. Scholars believe the oil painting was created by a Spanish artist in the early 1600s after the shrine arrived in Europe.
- Cultural property designation
- Important Cultural Property
- Quantity
- Artist
- Period/Century
- Azuchi-Momoyama–Edo period, 16th–17th century
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Material
- Lacquered wood with [maki-e] and mother-of-pearl
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Collection reference no.
- H-4446
- Genre
- Lacquerware
- Category
On display: Lacquerware
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On display NewWriting Box with Scenery of Mount Shio
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 2
May 26, 2026 (Tue)–
August 16, 2026 (Sun) -
On display NewWriting Box with the Eight-Plank Bridge, Lacquered wood with "maki-e", lead, and mother-of-pearl
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 2
May 26, 2026 (Tue)–
August 16, 2026 (Sun)