Nanban is a Japanese word meaning “southern barbarians.” It was used in reference to Europeans, who would sail from the south to reach Japan. The term may refer to:
Japan
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Nanban art
refers to Japanese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced by contact with the or 'Southern barbarians', traders and missionaries from Europe and specifically from Portugal. It is a Sino-Japanese word, Chinese '' Nánmán ...
, Japanese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced by contact with the Nanban
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Nanban trade
or the was a period in the history of Japan from the arrival of Europeans in 1543 to the first ''Sakoku'' Seclusion Edicts of isolationism in 1614. is a Japanese word borrowed from Chinese ''Nanman'', which had been used to designate people fr ...
, trade between Japan and Western countries from 1543 to 1614
Entertainment
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''Nanban'' (1954 film), 1954 Indian Tamil-language film
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''Nanban'' (2012 film), 2012 Indian Tamil-language film by S. Shankar
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