Motifs

Recurring figures and objects that travel across the corpus. Each is the unit of study, a fold that reappears from screen to screen.

1. 01

   Missionary procession

   Jesuits in dark cassocks advancing in a line, often before a castle or church.

   1 occurrence · 1 screen Appears on Arrival of the Southern Barbarians

2. 02

   The Black Ship (kurofune)

   The Portuguese nao dropping anchor at Nagasaki, a recurring compositional entry point across the corpus.

   1 occurrence · 1 screen Appears on Arrival of the Southern Barbarians

More motifs appear here as screens are annotated.