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Giovanni Niccolò was a [[Jesuit]] missionary from Italy, active in Japan beginning in [[1583]]. He is known in particular as a teacher of European-style painting to Japanese students.

Giovanni Niccolò was a [[Jesuit]] missionary from Italy, active in Japan beginning in [[1583]]. He is known in particular as a teacher of European-style painting to Japanese students.

After arriving in Japan in 1583, at some point before [[1591]], he established an art studio attached to the Jesuit school for Japanese students (''seminario'') already in operation. He trained a number of Japanese students in the techniques of European art, and specifically in producing works for decorative or religious use in churches being established in Japan. Some of these students also produced hybrid works, known as ''shoki-yôfûga'' ("early Western-style paintings"), which combined European techniques and subjects with Japanese formats and media.

After arriving in Japan in 1583, at some point before [[1591]], he established an art studio attached to the Jesuit school for Japanese students (''seminario'') already in operation. He trained a number of Japanese students in the techniques of European art, and specifically in producing works for decorative or religious use in churches being established in Japan. Some of these students also produced hybrid works, known as ''shoki-yôfûga'' ("early Western-style paintings"), which combined European techniques and subjects with Japanese formats and media. The ''seminario'' was closed in [[1614]].

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==References==

==References==

*Naoko Frances Hioki, "Visual Bilingualism and Mission Art," ''Japan Review'' 23 (2011), 25.  

*Naoko Frances Hioki, "Visual Bilingualism and Mission Art," ''Japan Review'' 23 (2011), 25, 34.  

[[Category:Sengoku Period]]

[[Category:Sengoku Period]]