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Latest comment: 9 years ago by Komitsuki in topic Nanban importation of Chinese chairs into Japan
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Nanban importation of Chinese chairs into Japan
Another item of furniture brought by the Portuguese was a Chinese folding chair called kyokuroku in Japanese.(10) The Portuguese took these easily portable chairs to Japan for their own use (Fig. 2(a)), and some paintings testify that not only Japanese feudal lords but also even kabuki theatres used them to create an exotic air. Although production centres have not been identified, it is believed that some of them were produced in Japan. (source)
This is an interesting insight. Komitsuki (talk) 13:59, 28 July 2014 (UTC)