Spot the Sumo

These glittering Japanese painted screens – a genre known as "rakuchû rakugai-zu" or "scenes in and around Kyoto" – are extraordinary documents of everyday life in the 17th century Japanese city.

More than 1,800 people are present in this image – men and women of every age, profession and social class appear in tiny scenes among all the temples, shrines, castles, shops and homes: a man in a barber's shop examines his new hair cut in a mirror; people peer down into the street to watch a parade pass; weary pilgrims sit on a verandah, sharing fruit.

New technology developed for the Google Arts & Culture website allows us to zoom deep into the painting to examine the fine detail in ultra-sharp, high definition resolution.

... is to spot the Sumo wrestlers

• Follow this link to the original hi-res image at Google Arts and Culture.
• Use the zoom tool to scan the painted screen – you'll be amazed at the sheer amount of detail in the scenes depicted.
• Look for the Sumo wrestlers. When you've found them, come back to this page and follow this link to find out if you're right.

If you relish this kind of challenge, test your powers by seeing if you can spot the following:

• A peacock
• Man on the loo
• Fan shops (there are several)
• Picnic in the trees (with two little ladies peeking at it, over a screen)
• A red light district (or a pleasure district, anyway...)
• The Southern Barbarians (a group from Portugal or Spain)
• A monkey dressed as a man, entertaining a crowd in the streets
• A theatre (with a tiny queue of people outside, waiting to buy a ticket)
• A man selling melons in the street
• A hairdresser's shop