Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Japanese weaver

Japanese weaver

**Original** - "Hataori" (Weaving) woodcut print by Yanagawa Shigenobu, 1825-1832.

Reason: A clear illustration of an early nineteenth century Japanese loom and component parts: several heddles with their mounting and attachments, which the weaver controls with her foot, and a beater in her hand. Restored version of Image:Japaneseweavera.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Heddle, Beater (weaving)
Creator: Yanagawa Shigenobu

Support as nominator Durova^Charge! 19:28, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support looks good. -- Grandpafootsoldier (talk) 21:22, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support looks good as far as I can tell. Juliancolton (Talk) 22:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - A good quality, encyclopedic image. --jonny-m t 01:06, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support very nice very encyclopedic image. Cat-five - talk 04:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support good image. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 06:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support very fine image. Spencer^T♦^C 02:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice example. Modernist (talk) 15:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support fine. —αἰτίας •discussion• 22:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice picture, but not the most encyclopedic. This isn't in any articles on the history of weaving, and it appears that modern photos could be found of these items (which would be much more helpful to readers). Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Automation has changed the industry and these tools no longer exist in the same form on machine driven looms, and none of the photos of hand operated looms at commons illustrate these components as well as this particular woodcut. Durova^Charge! 05:29, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - But hand-driven looms are still around nonetheless and a much more illustrative photo could be taken. Calliopejen1 (talk) 05:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - The advantage of this illustration is that it shows a weaver using both heddle and beater at a good angle without any distracting background. I've sorted the related Commons categories and searched the Library of Congress archives. None of the photographs I've found illustrate those things as well as this. Durova^Charge! 11:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Just because there isn't one at the moment doesn't mean one couldn't be created. Aren't hand-driven looms still in wide use in developing countries? I've seen them in Cambodia but I'm not sure if they had these particular parts. (See Image:Cambodia weaving.jpg - if you got a decent camera in a place like this you could get a good photo of these parts as they are used today.) My big problem is that going to the article page, these images gave me no idea what these things look like or are made of in real life. (Or even which parts of the loom they are.) Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        I've reviewed around 1500 images of that sort. Heddles and beaters are large and detailed items and the shot tends to look busy. The cleanest compositions come from museums where the item can't be touched. The alternatives are workshops or home settings where cramped spaces limit angle options and the background looks distracting and/or confusing. Durova^Charge! 01:18, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Japaneseweavera.jpg MER-C 08:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]