Human Generated Data

Title

Illustrations of Japan's Famous Mountains (Nihon meizan zufu) in 3 Volumes

Date

Late Edo period, 1804

People

Artist: Tani Bunchō 谷文晁, Japanese 1763 - 1841

Classification

Books

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, 1985.760

Human Generated Data

Title

Illustrations of Japan's Famous Mountains (Nihon meizan zufu) in 3 Volumes

People

Artist: Tani Bunchō 谷文晁, Japanese 1763 - 1841

Date

Late Edo period, 1804

Classification

Books

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, 1985.760

Machine Generated Data

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Amazon
created on 2022-01-23

Rug 90
Text 88.1
Furniture 77.2
Wood 72.5
Plywood 69
Table 65.5
Door 65.3
Archaeology 59.9

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-27

dirty 99.5
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writing 87.3

Imagga
created on 2022-01-23

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Google
created on 2022-01-23

Microsoft
created on 2022-01-23

text 99.7
handwriting 76.6

Color Analysis

Feature analysis

Amazon

Rug
Rug 90%

Categories

Captions

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

a photograph of a book with chinese writing on it -100%

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-06

Here's a description of the image:

Overall Impression:

The image shows three bound volumes, likely books or publications from East Asia, possibly Japan or Korea. They are arranged in a stack or slightly overlapping position. The books appear to be old, showing signs of wear and age, adding to their historical value.

Detailed Description:

  • Title and Text: All three books have similar titles or text printed vertically along their spines. The characters are written in a traditional East Asian script, likely Chinese characters or a script derived from them. The text appears to read "名山圖譜," which could translate to something along the lines of "Famous Mountain Illustrated Compendium" or "Illustrations of Famous Mountains."
  • Spine Markings: The spines have markers indicating parts of the book such as: "上", "中", "下", likely indicating the beginning, middle and end of the book.
  • Volume Identification: A sticker is placed in the upper right corner of the last book, indicating "Meizan Zufu Vol. 1" and additional text.
  • Binding: The books are bound in a traditional method, with visible stitching along the spine to hold the pages together.
  • Color and Texture: The covers are a muted light-green color, and they appear to be made of paper or a similar material. The paper shows discoloration and some stains, consistent with aging.
  • Background: The background is black, which emphasizes the books and makes them the central focus of the image.

In essence, this image offers a view into historical publications with possible historical or cultural significance.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-06

Here is a description of the image:

The image shows three old, bound books of East Asian origin, likely Chinese or Japanese, stacked next to each other against a black background. The books have a pale blue-gray cover and feature vertical columns of traditional script text running down the spines.

The leftmost book's spine displays the characters "名山圖譜" ("Míng shān tú pǔ" in Mandarin Pinyin), which translates to "Illustrations of Famous Mountains" or "Album of Famous Mountains". Underneath this inscription, the character "下" ("xià") is visible, which typically means "below," "under," or in this context, possibly "lower" or "Part 3."

The middle book features the same "名山圖譜" inscription, and beneath it, the character "中" ("zhōng"), which means "middle" or "center," suggesting it is "Part 2."

The book on the right has the same initial inscription "名山圖譜," and is labelled "上" ("shàng"), which means "upper" or "above," probably "Part 1."

The covers have some signs of wear and age. The rightmost book also has a label in the upper right corner with text that includes "Meizan Zufu Vol. 1". The books are bound in the traditional East Asian style, with visible stitching along the right edge.

Text analysis

Amazon

Zufu
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Meizan Zufu
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Vol.
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Google

名山圆譜 上 |州圖譜 中 卷3圖譜
名山
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圖譜
3