Artist Animates Folding Screen That Pictures Ancient Japanese Battle

Videographer Yusuke Shigeta used pixel animation to reconstruct the Battle of Sekigahara (c1600) depicted on a folding screen, adding details of the natural landscape that still exists at the ancient battlefield.

The artwork is part of Culture Gate to Japan, an initiative to convert Japan’s airports — drastically underutilized due to the pandemic — into museums.

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