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"The Smiles of Gods" Reference images

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Folding Screens with the Arrival of a Portuguese Ship. Anonymous, ca. 1600 - 1625, Rijksmuseum. (1): AK-RAK-1968-1-A, (2): AK-RAK-1968-1-B, (3): A part of (2), enlarged. Duplicated from: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/

   

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1: The bell of Namban Temple, held at Myoshinji Temple, Kyoto (Duplicated from: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/thomasonoda).

2: Namban Temple Monument at the North side, Takoyakusi-dori Muromachi Nishi-Iri, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (Duplicated from: Wikipedia).

3: Sketch portrait of the Padre Organtino found in the under-layer of the Evora folding screen (Duplicated from: Kiichi Matsuda, “Discovery of Namban Materials – New Information about the Age of Nobunaga [in Japanese]”, Chu-kou New Pocket Books, 1964).

4. "Seminario in Anzucci (Adzuchi) (Duplicated from: Marco Antonio Ciappi, “Compendio Delle Heroiche Et Gloriose Attioni Et Santa Vita di Papa Greg. XIII, 1596 – BooksGoogle)

  

Ama no Iwato Densetsu Nishiki-e (Legend of Ama no Iwato Woodcut), by The 3rd Toyokuni, 1856. Held at Faculty of Shinto Studies, Kokugakuin Univ. Duplicated from: https://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/article/130732 , Myth of the dawn of Japan.

  

Ama no Iwato no Kigen (The origin of Ama-no-Iwato), by Shunsai Toshimasa 1887. Wikipedia.

  

  

Ama no Iwato, by Gyausui Kawanabe, colour on silk, 1880s(?). Duplicated from: https://ultrabigfight.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-58.html

   

Odysseus shooting the suitors

Duplicated from: https://catherinecarby.com/schedule/2018/1/16/monteverdi-the-return-of-ulysses

  

"Yuriwaka Daijin" in Kuniyoshi Utagawa's "Kiso-kaidou 69 Stations, No.10: Fukaya. Held by the Bigelow Collection, Boston Art Museum.

(The reason why the legendary maritime hero, Yuriwaka, who was handed down particularly in Kyushu, represented the inland town, Fukaya, in Kanto District is unknown.)

Duplicated from: https://catherinecarby.com/schedule/2018/1/16/monteverdi-the-return-of-ulysses Odysseus shooting the suitors

   

"The Torment of Saint Anthony", c.1487-88, Attributed to Michelangelo
Duplicated from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Torment_of_Saint_Anthony

   

"The Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul" (with the centaur at the background), c. 1430-35 by Master of the Osservanza.
Duplicated from: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.436.html