History Almost Seems,

to have come to life,

the Battle of Sekigahara, was fought on October 21, 1600, it was one of the most important battles in Japanese feudal history. The scene was depicted in the 1700s on a 6-panel byoubu folding screen that remains housed in the Osaka Museum of History,

in a new installation that just went on display, videographer Yusuke Shigeta has utilized pixel animation to reconstruct the battle as depicted on the folding screen, adding details of the natural landscape that still exists at the ancient battlefield, Shigeta used digital techniques like 3D modelling and crowd simulation to bring his folding screens to life. The artwork is currently on display at Chubu Centrair International Airport, which serves Japan’s Chubu region: home to some of the 

most famous samurai who ever lived,

in a new installation that just went on display, the videographer Yusuke Shigeta has utilized pixel animation to reconstruct the battle as depicted on the folding screen, adding details of the natural landscape that still exists at the ancient battlefield, Shigeta used digital techniques like 3D modeling and crowd simulation to bring his folding screens to life. The artwork is currently on display at Chubu Centrair International Airport, which serves Japan’s Chubu region: home to some of the most famous samurai who ever lived, all of this seems a bit academic, until you see the screens brought to life,

in this video, which I find fascinating.