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Europe was already fascinated by the alien beauty of East Asian craftsmanship in the 16th century. Chinese porcelain, silk paintings and Japanese lacquered work soon became very popular. Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg bought a number of exotic treasures of this kind between 1660 and 1680, in the course of a lavish refurbishing of the princely residences in Eggenberg and Graz, including a screen ‘laid with Indian paper’, which was already in the family Palais in Graz pre-1700. When the Eggenberg state rooms were refurbished again post-1754, this old screen was taken apart and inserted into the wall-covering of a fashionable ‘Japanese cabinet’ as exotic decoration. However, after the Eggenberg family died out in 1774, knowledge about the origin of this work of art was lost. It was that circumstance that led to the screen surviving unrecognised in Schloss Eggenberg so long.
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The whole Ôsaka Folding Screen
Byobu, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Castle complex of Osaka
Byobu, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Byobu cabinett
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/Schloss Eggenberg
Byobu cabinett
Universalmuseum Joanneum/Schloss Eggenberg
Byobu cabinett
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/Schloss Eggenberg
Byobu cabinett
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/Schloss Eggenberg
Byobu cabinett
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/Schloss Eggenberg
Byobu cabinett
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/Schloss Eggenberg
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Castle complex of Osaka
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Paradise Bridge
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Phoenix Boat
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Rapid transport
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
The life of the warrior class
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
The Maeda Family
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Hideyoshi
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N-Lackner
Falconry
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Tea ceremony
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
The civilian district
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Hustle and bustle
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Boat trip
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Shrines and temples
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Sumiyoshi shrine complex
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Phoenix Hall
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Summer procession
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
"Inn of the gods"
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Lion Dance
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N.Lackner
Vertragsunterzeichnung
Foto: Hiroshi Tonoshiro
