Fascinating choice of perspective by the painter. So much detail on the ground, but the painting is dominated by a sky that isn't doing anything crazy. But somehow it all works. Time to find more from this artist. Thanks for posting!
Sickle. Pretty much used for the same purpose, but on a much smaller scale.
Source: Grew up on a norwegian farm in the 80's and 90's. We had an ancient one of these hanging on the wall as decoration, presumably used by my ancestors.
I haven't really seen an AI image in while, so I can't say if they all got a bored expressionless face. But I have seen a fair number before, and never felt the instinctive uncanny valley emotion I felt seeing the expressionless faces of the kids.
Also, on another note, I really love and appreciate your posts. They have introduced me to a lot of art and artists I wouldn't have otherwise known about.
Seeing as this was a few years after Perry's gunboat diplomacy, Japan had finally opened up trade relations with the rest of the world. It's no wonder that during this period, Japanese items were a huge hit with the upper classes at the time, birthing the first Japanophiles. In other words, weebs were a 19th century thing! (Edited cuz typo)
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