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Lot Essay
By 1580 there were nearly 100,000 Christian converts in Japan. In 1582 three Christian daimyo in Kyushu, Otomo Sorin, Arima Harunobu and Omura Sumitada, dispached four young boys as an embassy to the pope in Rome. The boys set sail from Nagasaki and traveled for over three years. They passed the Cape of Good Hope, and toured the courts of Lisbon, Madrid, Rome and Florence.
The leader of the mission, Ito Hiromasu, whose Christian name was Mancio, or Don Mansho, was born in 1570 in Hyuga Province. He was the grandson of the niece of Otomo Sorin (1536-1587). He is shown here in the Sovereign Room of St. Peter's, where the young Kyushu ambassadors were received in a formal audience by Pope Gregory XIII in 1585.
Asami Shoei was born in Tokyo and first studied under Terasaki Kogyo (1866-1919), then Matsuoka Eikyu (1881-1938). He won a prize when he entered the 7th Teiten exhibition in 1926. He frequently painted historical figures in classical Yamato-e style using vivid colors.
The leader of the mission, Ito Hiromasu, whose Christian name was Mancio, or Don Mansho, was born in 1570 in Hyuga Province. He was the grandson of the niece of Otomo Sorin (1536-1587). He is shown here in the Sovereign Room of St. Peter's, where the young Kyushu ambassadors were received in a formal audience by Pope Gregory XIII in 1585.
Asami Shoei was born in Tokyo and first studied under Terasaki Kogyo (1866-1919), then Matsuoka Eikyu (1881-1938). He won a prize when he entered the 7th Teiten exhibition in 1926. He frequently painted historical figures in classical Yamato-e style using vivid colors.