Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Japanese family in the 1930s

Japanese family in the 1930's

A high resolution scan of an image from the 1930's is hard to find of Japanese topics. It also gives a glimpse into the family structure of the Japanese before WW2. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nominated by: User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Technical details look sound and the composition is compelling. I think it needs a good home though. I see it is listed on Flag of Japan, but its real enc value would come when the image is included in articles relating to the history of the Japanese military, possibly the samurai culture, or something along those lines. Another bit that would add more to the enc value would be a translation of the text on the man's sash, and perhaps attaching some names to the faces. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 08:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I just put it at Flag of Japan so I can at least get a review here. I'll toss it up to the Japanese Wikiproject so they can figure it out. I will try and see if some nice folks at #wikipedia-ja could translate the text on the sash. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 08:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Translation of the sash says "draftee from Kamisuwa." User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 15:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- - Just briefly, a few technical details that may be questioned at FPC. It is tilted (look at the roof at the top for example; another possible explanation is that the camera was off centre when the photo was taken which could explain some other things). And the arms of the gentlemen at both sides are slightly cutoff, as are the flags at the top. Some people also may not like the quite heavy shadows that go across the ground and the people at the front right. --jjron (talk) 12:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - The roof is titled because there is a slight bend in the wood around 1/3rd of the way, since it is made out of wood. The cropping of the photo, not sure when it was done, but I found the photo in that condition with regards to the arms. I'll look at the shadow later. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 15:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is a good image. I don't think that the white/blue noise in the shadows (that is not in the highlights)is original to the image, and will give this image prolems at FPC. - Enuja (talk) 03:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Given it's age, I frankly do not know either, but I expect the photo to have decayed just a tad due to the length of its existence. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 05:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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