this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
756 points (99.6% liked)

HistoryPorn

4978 readers
783 users here now

If you would like to become a mod in this community, kindly PM the mod.

Relive the Past in Jaw-Dropping Detail!

HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Engage in constructive discussions.
  4. Share relevant content.
  5. Follow guidelines and moderators' instructions.
  6. Use appropriate language and tone.
  7. Report violations.
  8. Foster a continuous learning environment.
  9. No genocide or atrocity denialism.

Pictures of old artifacts and museum pieces should go to History Artifacts

Illustrations and paintings should go to History Drawings

Related Communities:

Military Porn

Forgotten Weapons

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
PugJesus
[email protected]
756
Evolution of Hokusai's "Great Wave" (1792-1831) (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/historyporn
59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Num10ck 88 points 7 months ago (4 children)

note that Japanese read pictures from right to left, while Western readers read left to right. Westerners view the last image as an awesome wave and usually miss the boats, while Japanese viewers relate to the boats first and then feel how doomed they are.

[–] SofiaFranklyn 63 points 7 months ago

Dude, I've never noticed the boats.

[–] rektdeckard 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I never imagined how this would apply to images. Fascinating! I wonder what other art has a totally different tone to native RTL readers.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I learned this from hentai

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean manga

[–] trolololol 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

But to be serious for a moment, I just happen to be watching The Great War Of Archimedes right now and it is only now dawning on me how much of the action takes place from right to left.

Now, I believe this film was based on a Manga, so it is less surprising that it would inherently adopt that visual language, but now I am going to be watching all Japanese cinema more closely to see how fundamentally RTL impacts the approach to film making.

[–] littlebluespark 1 points 7 months ago

Switching hands doesn't count.

[–] MIDItheKID 11 points 7 months ago

Well now I'm just confused about how I am supposed to read the image. Like... It's numbered 1 2 3 4. Is that top left to bottom right? Which one is the "last" one? Which one is the "first" one?

I could probably just look it up, but ehh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How could you miss the 3 boats?

[–] Psychodelic 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait that's 2 more fuckin boats? Wth!

Anything else you wanna add? Is there a dragon somewhere I'm not seeing as well

[–] CoggyMcFee 3 points 7 months ago

Yes… BEHIND YOU!

[–] Num10ck 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

try flipping the picture horizontally, its a very different experience

[–] littlebluespark 1 points 7 months ago

So, the mariners' perspective, then?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

…still 3 boats.