Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Suikoden

Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden

Original - This woodblock print, titled "Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden", is one of a series created by the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi between 1827 and 1830 illustrating the 108 Suikoden. The publication of the series catapulted Kuniyoshi to fame. The story of the Suikoden is an adaptation of the Chinese Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn (Water Margin); during the 1800s, the publication of this woodblock series and other translations of the novel created a Suikoden craze in Japan. Incidentally, other prints in this series depicted tattooed heroes and established the style and iconography of irezumi (Japanese tattooing).

Edit 1

Reason

Incredible scan of an apparently significant work of art--important with respect to both literary/social history and the artist's career. (I have tons more sources about the Suikoden craze that I intend to add to the Water Margin article in the near future.)

Articles this image appears in

Water Margin, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Creator

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

• Support as nominator Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment It's certainly a good scan, but it seems a to be lacking a bit of density to me. Fixing it might be tricky without access to the original, as these things tend to be as prone to over-correction as they are to looking a bit "flat". Lets see how it goes. --mikaul^talk 10:04, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support Very interesting subject, encyclopedic, good scan. Cat-five - talk 08:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Prefer Edit 1 to original. Cat-five - talk 08:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support At this point I am leaning towards the original image at least until someone in the know claims that the colours really are that bright. The edit looks a lot prettier, but the level of detail in the original is just crazy; I'd hate to pass that by unless we're sure the edit is at least more true to the proper hues and shades. Any way we could try a colour correction but keep more of the size/detail? Matt Deres (talk) 03:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

the full resolution scan maybe more true to the original size of the woodcut, however I doubt there is any visible fine detail not present in the downsampled version & the large increase in resources and bandwidth to display such a big image outweigh it's usefulness (unless you are going to use it for printing purposes rather than online viewing) 3000px seems like a good limit for encyclopedia use Thisglad (talk) 12:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support original, oppose edit 1 The original has amazing levels of detail, which the downsampling in edit 1 deletes for no reason that I can see. Also, as Matt Deres said, some verification on what the original looked like would be nice. thegreen J Are you green? 19:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
• oppose foot cut off at end, probably incomplete original Thisglad (talk) 03:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support Either, Prefer Edit 1 Edit 1 does a wonderful job as far as lighting and brightness goes. This woodblock print showcases the brilliance and sheer wonder of Japanese art. --Sharkface217 03:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support either, prefer edit 1. —dima/talk/ 02:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support either, prefer edit 1 - meets all the criteria and has historical value.--Svetovid (talk) 12:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Suikoden.jpg --jjron (talk) 08:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)