Miyazaki Scratching His Head

digital / JPEG, 680×382 / screenshot / origin unverified / accessioned / catalogued curio

The object before the record.

FI-EPH-238 — Miyazaki Scratching His Head
FI-EPH-238 / Miyazaki Scratching His Head / source photograph 01

Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.

Custody record

Logged 2026-09-26 / quantity 1 digital image. 1 source asset reference registered.

What is known

Found image supplied for The Shadow Zone: a still from the NHK World documentary "10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki," the title cropped to a fragment. Seen from behind, the white-haired subject in a pale shirt sits at a crowded desk with one hand raised to the back of his head. Papers, a tape dispenser, pencils, and a cassette radio fill the workspace, with window blinds at left. No subtitle appears. Like its neighbors, it records a moment of stalled work. Maker, origin, and date are not recorded. The exif scrub reported no location metadata to strip.

Why it remains connected

accessioned / catalogued curio. Disposition: archive. The object remains associated with The Shadow Zone.

What remains unresolved

digital / JPEG, 680×382 / screenshot / origin unverified. accessioned / catalogued curio. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.

Keep the object connected.

The Shadow Zone

A holding zone for surreal found media and uncanny artifacts that surface around the archive — images with no clear origin, kept as evidence of the culture that accretes on forgotten machines.

Associated dossier / FI-PROJ-010 / open

Source Assets / 1 reference

Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.

  1. assets/ephemera/shadow-zone/fi-eph-238-miyazaki-scratching-head-desk.jpeg Open local asset