Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ghosts from the crushing defeat

Ghosts from the crushing defeat

 * Reason:High resolution Japanese woodcut about the Russo-Japanese War. Good ev at the article about the war and the artist's biography.  Restored version of Image:Forces returning.jpg.  Restored by User:Jake Wartenberg and translated by User:Mantokun.  Translation available at the image hosting page.
 * Articles this image appears in:Kobayashi Kiyochika, Russo-Japanese War
 * Creator:Kobayashi Kiyochika


 * Support as conominator &mdash; Jake   Wartenberg  21:49, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support as conominator &mdash; Mantokun (talk) 12:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Excellent quality, different, and very funny. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 14:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - there seems to be a lot of scratches.  Ceran  thor 18:59, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I think that what you are seeing is the paper grain, and a property of the original print. Things don't always look great at full resolution, but that is not how they are meant to be viewed.  &mdash;  Jake   Wartenberg  19:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok. I've never restored prints, honestly, so that comment was more of a question than a concern.  Ceran  thor 20:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's perfectly normal for a ukiyo-e. The paper - washi, I believe - has a somewhat fibrous grain. Have a look at any of the reasonably large Japanese FPCs and you'll see similar. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 21:12, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment As Shoemaker affirms, this has paper grain and natural effects of the woodblock printing process. I'll recuse from reviewing because I reviewed and advised on this work before the nomination went up.  Durova Charge! 23:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Support - beautiful example of a humorous Japanese woodcut. The paper grain does not detract, in my view. &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 20:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't speak a word of Japanese, but I am guessing that the translation of the text could use some clean-up (some copy-editing, at a minimum). Spikebrennan (talk) 21:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support: Excellent quality.  Mae din \talk 19:15, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 06:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)