Word Meaning 南蛮屏風

なんばんびょうぶ nambambyoubu

南蛮屏風 is read as なんばんびょうぶ (nambambyoubu) and means painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan.

Meaning

English

painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan

Reading

Kana

なんばんびょうぶ

Romaji

nambambyoubu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 160130 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

南風

はえ

summer

南東風

みなみごち

east wind inclining towards the south

南蛮

なんばん

South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

imported to Japan by early European traders

南蛮人

なんばんじん

Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)

南蛮貿易

なんばんぼうえき

Nanban trade

南蛮辛子

なんばんがらし

chili pepper (chile, chilli)

南蛮菓子

なんばんがし

confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized

南蛮船

なんばんせん

foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

南蛮寺

なんばんじ

Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

南蛮漬

なんばんづけ

roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

南蛮宗

なんばんしゅう

Christianity