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The Japanese folding screen, or byobu, made it’s way from Japan to New Spain through the Manila Galleon Trade during the 16th and 17th centuries. As the screens reached both Spain and New Spain, they underwent specific changes to adjust and adapt to both the European and Colonial lifestyles. As a result, one can see a cultural hybridization in the New Spanish biombos as well as a new colonial artistic style.
How did the Manila Galleon Trade impact the Spanish colonies?
How was the byobu first received at the Spanish court and what were the Europeans first impressions of the screens?
What can we say about the relation between the Manila Galleon Trade and the changes seen from Japanese byubos to Spanish biombos?
Styles and Characteristics:
Why Manila?
Uses:
Why New Spain?
view of the viceroy's palace in mexico city, 1660
Spanish Fascination with the Far East:
Antonio de Morga:
Cultural Context:
Stylistic Changes:
Uses:
Hapsburg tradition of collecting curiosities from the Far East:
Philip II:
Uses:
View of the Viceroy's Palace in Mexico City, 1660
folding screen with Indian Wedding and Flying Pole, 1690