Human Generated Data

Title

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 50, The Eastern Cottage (Azumaya)

Date

Muromachi period, dated 1516

People

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Classification

Manuscripts

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, 1985.352.50.C

Human Generated Data

Title

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 50, The Eastern Cottage (Azumaya)

Date

Muromachi period, dated 1516

Classification

Manuscripts

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, 1985.352.50.C

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2022-05-28

Text 85.2
Page 70.4
Envelope 65.4
Texture 65.4
Mail 56.7
Paper 55.8

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-30

retro 99.9
dirty 99.9
parchment 99.7
sepia 99.6
antique 99.6
paper 99.5
old 99.5
worn 99.3
rusty 99
cardboard 99
empty 99
sepia pigment 98.9
rough 98.6
soil 98.4
messy 98.2
ancient 98.2
artistic 98
canvas 97.8
vintage 97
sooty 96.5

Imagga
created on 2022-05-28

antique 74.3
vintage 72.1
aged 70.7
grunge 64.9
paper 64.5
parchment 64.4
old 63.5
ancient 61.5
card 54.7
texture 54.3
canvas 54.2
retro 53.4
stained 52
aging 51.9
border 51.7
blank 45.5
worn 42.1
text 42
grungy 40.9
notebook 39.3
wallpaper 36.8
decay 36.7
burnt 36
frame 35.4
torn 34.9
empty 34.4
page 34.4
space 34.2
brown 32.5
pattern 31.5
decorative 28.5
dirty 28.1
manuscript 27.5
wall 27.4
book 26.6
rough 26.5
material 25.2
document 25.1
stain 24.1
yellow 23.9
paint 23.6
crumpled 23.4
backgrounds 22.8
sheet 22.6
cardboard 22.1
weathered 21.9
grime 21.5
grain 21.3
dirt 21.1
damaged 21
art 21
burned 20.6
mottled 20.5
letter 20.2
obsolete 20.2
fracture 19.5
old fashioned 19.1
tracery 18.9
design 18.6
ragged 18.6
faded 18.5
stains 18.5
messy 18.4
color 18.4
spot 18.3
stucco 18.2
crease 17.7
pages 17.6
graphic 16.8
structure 16.6
crack 16.5
rusty 16.2
age 16.2
historic 14.7
materials 14.7
textures 14.3
poster 14.2
textured 14.1
backdrop 14
note 13.8
succulent 13.6
spotted 13.5
history 13.4
surface 13.3
letterhead 12.9
brittle 12.8
scrolls 12.8
broad 12.8
correspondence 12.7
burning 12.6
layers 12.6
journal 11.7
edge 11.6
artistic 10.4
rust 9.7
distressed 8.9
cover 8.3
painterly 7.9
smudged 7.9
beige 7.7
floral 7.7
element 7.5

Google
created on 2022-05-28

Rectangle 85.9
Font 76.7
Handwriting 73.8
Parallel 71.8
Paper 71
Paper product 68.9
Vellum 61.3
Document 60.1
Beige 59.5
Pattern 56.7
Letter 55.6
Wood 53.9

Microsoft
created on 2022-05-28

text 99.3

Color Analysis

Captions

Microsoft
created by unknown on 2022-05-28

a close up of a building 56.3%
a close up of a person 35.9%

Clarifai
created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-03

a photograph of a chinese painting of a long line of writing on a piece of paper -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-04

Here is a description of the image:

The image shows a piece of aged paper, likely a document or a page from a book, with Japanese characters written on it. The paper has a light beige color and shows signs of age, with a slightly mottled texture and some staining.

The text is written in black ink and appears to be calligraphy. The writing is primarily vertical, with some lines running from top to bottom. There is a red seal or stamp at the bottom of the text. Along the top, there is a smaller grouping of text. The paper has a thin gold border framing the edges. The overall impression is of an old, historical document.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-04

The image shows a rectangular sheet of parchment-like paper with a slightly worn and mottled surface. The paper has a yellowish-cream color, and it is framed by a thin, gilded border along its edges.

Vertical columns of Japanese text are written in black ink on the right and left sides of the sheet. A red seal stamp is visible near the bottom of the vertical column of text. The text is arranged vertically, typical of Japanese calligraphy. The characters are fine and precise, indicative of careful brushwork.

Text analysis

Amazon

ق
E
till
is till
is

Google

后三百代百 也常股切的工良愛的当通業 楊世署隆 平面為会为西教内永 2 F"
三百
楊世
平面
西
2
F
"