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 Foreword

The 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International

2015, was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, during 2–7 August 2015. The event
incorporated the 15 conferences/thematic areas listed on the following page.
A total of 4843 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and gov-
ernmental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1462 papers and
246 posters have been included in the proceedings. These papers address the latest
research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of
computing systems. The papers thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer
Interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in
a variety of application areas. The volumes constituting the full 28-volume set of the
conference proceedings are listed on pages VII and VIII.
I would like to thank the Program Board Chairs and the members of the Program
Boards of all thematic areas and affiliated conferences for their contribution to the
highest scientific quality and the overall success of the HCI International 2015
conference.
This conference could not have been possible without the continuous and unwa-
vering support and advice of the founder, Conference General Chair Emeritus and
Conference Scientific Advisor, Prof. Gavriel Salvendy. For their outstanding efforts,
I would like to express my appreciation to the Communications Chair and Editor of
HCI International News, Dr. Abbas Moallem, and the Student Volunteer Chair, Prof.
Kim-Phuong L. Vu. Finally, for their dedicated contribution towards the smooth
organization of HCI International 2015, I would like to express my gratitude to Maria
Pitsoulaki and George Paparoulis, General Chair Assistants.

May 2015 Constantine Stephanidis

General Chair, HCI International 2015
 HCI International 2015 Thematic Areas
and Affiliated Conferences

Thematic areas:
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2015)
• Human Interface and the Management of Information (HIMI 2015)
Affiliated conferences:
• 12th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergo-
nomics (EPCE 2015)
• 9th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
(UAHCI 2015)
• 7th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality (VAMR
2015)
• 7th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design (CCD 2015)
• 7th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media (SCSM 2015)
• 9th International Conference on Augmented Cognition (AC 2015)
• 6th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling and Applications in
Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management (DHM 2015)
• 4th International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability (DUXU
2015)
• 3rd International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions
(DAPI 2015)
• 3rd International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy
and Trust (HAS 2015)
• 2nd International Conference on HCI in Business (HCIB 2015)
• 2nd International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies (LCT
2015)
• 1st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population
(ITAP 2015)
 Conference Proceedings Volumes Full List

1. LNCS 9169, Human-Computer Interaction: Design and Evaluation (Part I), edited
by Masaaki Kurosu
2. LNCS 9170, Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Technologies (Part II),
edited by Masaaki Kurosu
3. LNCS 9171, Human-Computer Interaction: Users and Contexts (Part III), edited by
Masaaki Kurosu
4. LNCS 9172, Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information
and Knowledge Design (Part I), edited by Sakae Yamamoto
5. LNCS 9173, Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information
and Knowledge in Context (Part II), edited by Sakae Yamamoto
6. LNAI 9174, Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, edited by Don
Harris
7. LNCS 9175, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Access to Today’s
Technologies (Part I), edited by Margherita Antona and Constantine Stephanidis
8. LNCS 9176, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Access to Inter-
action (Part II), edited by Margherita Antona and Constantine Stephanidis
9. LNCS 9177, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Access to
Learning, Health and Well-Being (Part III), edited by Margherita Antona and
Constantine Stephanidis
10. LNCS 9178, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Access to the
Human Environment and Culture (Part IV), edited by Margherita Antona and
Constantine Stephanidis
11. LNCS 9179, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, edited by Randall Shumaker
and Stephanie Lackey
12. LNCS 9180, Cross-Cultural Design: Methods, Practice and Impact (Part I), edited
by P.L. Patrick Rau
13. LNCS 9181, Cross-Cultural Design: Applications in Mobile Interaction, Educa-
tion, Health, Transport and Cultural Heritage (Part II), edited by P.L. Patrick Rau
14. LNCS 9182, Social Computing and Social Media, edited by Gabriele Meiselwitz
15. LNAI 9183, Foundations of Augmented Cognition, edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow
and Cali M. Fidopiastis
16. LNCS 9184, Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergo-
nomics and Risk Management: Human Modeling (Part I), edited by Vincent G.
Duffy
17. LNCS 9185, Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergo-
nomics and Risk Management: Ergonomics and Health (Part II), edited by
Vincent G. Duffy
18. LNCS 9186, Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design Discourse (Part I),
edited by Aaron Marcus
19. LNCS 9187, Design, User Experience, and Usability: Users and Interactions (Part
II), edited by Aaron Marcus
20. LNCS 9188, Design, User Experience, and Usability: Interactive Experience
Design (Part III), edited by Aaron Marcus
 Conference Proceedings Volumes Full List IX

21. LNCS 9189, Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, edited by Norbert
Streitz and Panos Markopoulos
22. LNCS 9190, Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust, edited by
Theo Tryfonas and Ioannis Askoxylakis
23. LNCS 9191, HCI in Business, edited by Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah and Chuan-Hoo Tan
24. LNCS 9192, Learning and Collaboration Technologies, edited by Panayiotis
Zaphiris and Andri Ioannou
25. LNCS 9193, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design for Aging
(Part I), edited by Jia Zhou and Gavriel Salvendy
26. LNCS 9194, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design for Everyday
Life (Part II), edited by Jia Zhou and Gavriel Salvendy
27. CCIS 528, HCI International 2015 Posters’ Extended Abstracts (Part I), edited by
Constantine Stephanidis
28. CCIS 529, HCI International 2015 Posters’ Extended Abstracts (Part II), edited by
Constantine Stephanidis
 Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health,
Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management

Program Board Chair: Vincent G. Duffy, USA

• Giuseppe Andreoni, Italy • Noriaki Kuwahara, Japan

• Daniel Carruth, USA
• Elsbeth De Korte, The Netherlands
• Jennifer Gaudioso, USA
• Afzal A. Godil, USA
• Ravindra Goonetilleke, Hong Kong
• Akihiko Goto, Japan
• Hiroyuki Hamada, Japan
• Satoshi Kanai, Japan
• Min Soon Kim, USA
• Kang Li, USA
• Zhizhong Li, P.R. China
• Tim Marler, USA
• Caterina Rizzi, Italy
• Leonor Teixeira, Portugal
• Renran Tian, USA
• Anita Woll, Norway
• James Yang, USA
• Qianxiang Zhou, P.R. China

The full list with the Program Board Chairs and the members of the Program Boards of
all thematic areas and affiliated conferences is available online at:

http://www.hci.international/2015/
 HCI International 2016

The 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International

2016, will be held jointly with the affiliated conferences in Toronto, Canada, at the
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 17–22 July 2016. It will cover a broad spectrum
of themes related to Human-Computer Interaction, including theoretical issues,
methods, tools, processes, and case studies in HCI design, as well as novel interaction
techniques, interfaces, and applications. The proceedings will be published by
Springer. More information will be available on the conference website:
http://2016.hci.international/.

General Chair
Prof. Constantine Stephanidis
University of Crete and ICS-FORTH
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: general_chair@hcii2016.org

http://2016.hci.international/
 Contents – Part II

Anthropometry and Ergonomics

Estimation of Arbitrary Human Models from Anthropometric Dimensions . . . 3

Yui Endo, Mitsunori Tada, and Masaaki Mochimaru

Optimisation of Product’s Hand-Handle Interface Material Parameters

for Improved Ergonomics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Gregor Harih, Matej Borovinšek, and Zoran Ren

An Approach for Intuitive Visualization of Ergonomic Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Walentin Heft, Michael Spitzhirn, Angelika C. Bullinger,
and Paul Rosenthal

Correlation Analysis on the Main and Basic Body Dimension

for Chinese Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Hui-min Hu, Chao-yi Zhao, Xin Zhang, Ling-hua Ran, and Tai-jie Liu

The Experimental Research of the Thumb’s Comfortable Control Area . . . . . 44

Hui-min Hu, Junmin Du, Chaoyi Zhao, Fan Yang, and Ling-hua Ran

Study on the Body Shape of Middle-Aged and Old Women

for Garment Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Xiaoping Hu and Yan Zhao

Estimating Ergonomic Comfort During the Process of Mechanism

Design by Interaction with a Haptic Feedback-System: Evaluation
of Simulated and Kinesthetically Displayed Mechanisms
Using the Haptic Feedback System RePlaLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Thomas Kölling, Michael Krees, Mathias Hüsing, and Burkhard Corves

The Role of Virtual Ergonomic Simulation to Develop Innovative Human

Centered Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Daniele Regazzoni, Caterina Rizzi, and Giorgio Colombo

Anthropometric Casualty Estimation Methodologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Daniel Rice and Medhat Korna

Experimental Study on Grip Ergonomics of Manual Handling . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Ai-ping Yang, Guang Cheng, Wen-yu Fu, Hui-min Hu, Xin Zhang,
and Chau-Kuang Chen
XIV Contents – Part II

Moment Analysis of Virtual Human Joint Based on JACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Qianxiang Zhou, Qingsong Yin, Zhongqi Liu, Fang Xie,
and Shihua Zhou

Motion Modeling and Tracking

Parameter Estimation from Motion Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Csaba Antonya, Silviu Butnariu, and Horia Beles

Body Tracking as a Generative Tool for Experience Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Monica Bordegoni, Serena Camere, Giandomenico Caruso,
and Umberto Cugini

Modeling and Simulating Lifting Task of Below-Knee Amputees . . . . . . . . . 134

Yan Fu, Shiqi Li, Qian Chen, and Wei Zhou

Real-Time Static Gesture Recognition for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation

Using the Leap Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Shawn N. Gieser, Angie Boisselle, and Fillia Makedon

Experience Factors Influence on Motion Technique of “The Way of Tea”

by Motion Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Soutatsu Kanazawa, Tomoko Ota, Zelong Wang,
Thodsaratpreeyakul Wiranpaht, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Study of Caregiver’s Waist Movement Comparison Between Expert

and Non-expert During Transfer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Mengyuan Liao, Takashi Yoshikawa, Akihiko Goto, Yoshihiro Mizutani,
Tomoko Ota, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Effect of Care Gesture on Transfer Care Behavior in Elderly Nursing Home

in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Mengyuan Liao, Takashi Yoshikawa, Akihiko Goto, Tomoko Ota,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Balancing Power Consumption and Data Analysis Accuracy Through

Adjusting Sampling Rates: Seeking for the Optimal Configuration
of Inertial Sensors for Power Wheelchair Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tao Liu, Chuanwei Chen, Melicent King, Gang Qian, and Jicheng Fu

MoCap-Based Adaptive Human-Like Walking Simulation

in Laser-Scanned Large-Scale as-Built Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Tsubasa Maruyama, Satoshi Kanai, and Hiroaki Date
 Contents – Part II XV

Electromyography Measurement of Workers at the Second Lining

Pounding Process for Hanging Scrolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Yasuhiro Oka, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto, Hisanori Yuminaga,
and Kozo Oka

EMG Activity of Arms Muscles and Body Movement During Chucking

in Lathebetween Expert and Non-expert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Porakoch Sirisuwan, Hisanori Yuminaga, Takashi Yoshikawa,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Process Analysis of the Hand Lay-Up Method Using CFRP

Prepreg Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Toshikazu Uchida, Hiroyuki Hamada, Koji Kuroda, Atsushi Endo,
Masakazu Migaki, Junpei Ochiai, Tadashi Uozumi, and Akihiko Goto

Human Modeling in Transport and Aviation

Hybrid BFO-PSO and Kernel FCM for the Recognition of Pilot

Performance Influenced by Simulator Movement Using Diffusion Maps . . . . 239
Jia Bo, Yin-Bo Zhang, Lu Ding, Bi-Ting Yu, Qi Wu, and Shan Fu

A Bi-level Optimization Approach to Get an Optimal Combination

of Cost Functions for Pilot’s Arm Movement: The Case of Helicopter’s
Flying Aid Functions with Haptic Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Sami Cheffi, Thomas Rakotomamonjy, Laurent Binet, Philippe Bidaud,
and Jean Christophe Sarrazin

Development of a 3D Finite Element Model of the Chinese 50th Male

for the Analysis of Automotive Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Hui-min Hu, Li Ding, Xianxue Li, Chaoyi Zhao, and Yan Yin

Biomechanical Analysis of Human Thorax and Abdomen During

Automotive Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Hui-min Hu, Li Ding, Xianxue Li, Chaoyi Zhao, and Yan Yin

Toward a Model for Effective Human-Automation Interaction:

The Mediated Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Kevin Le Goff, Arnaud Rey, and Bruno Berberian

Semantically Integrated Human Factors Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Sebastien Mamessier, Daniel Dreyer, and Matthias Oberhauser

Single-Variable Scenario Analysis of Vehicle-Pedestrian Potential Crash

Based on Video Analysis Results of Large-Scale Naturalistic Driving Data . . . 295
Renran Tian, Lingxi Li, Kai Yang, Feng Jiang, Yaobin Chen,
and Rini Sherony
XVI Contents – Part II

Driving-Behavior Monitoring Using an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). . . 305

Calvin Zheng, Andreina Breton, Wajeeh Iqbal, Ibaad Sadiq,
Elsayed Elsayed, and Kang Li

Human Modeling in Medicine and Surgery

A Mobile Application for the Stereoacuity Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Silvia Bonfanti, Angelo Gargantini, and Andrea Vitali

Automatic Identification of Below-Knee Residuum Anatomical Zones . . . . . . 327

Giorgio Colombo, Giancarlo Facoetti, Caterina Rizzi, and Andrea Vitali

Visual Comparison of 3D Medical Image Segmentation Algorithms Based

on Statistical Shape Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Alexander Geurts, Georgios Sakas, Arjan Kuijper, Meike Becker,
and Tatiana von Landesberger

Analyzing Requirements Using Environment Modelling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Dominique Méry and Neeraj Kumar Singh

Modeling of a Virtual Open Platform for Human Cranium Simulation . . . . . . 358

Pedro Perestrelo, Maurício Torres, Pedro Noritomi, and Jorge Silva

Influence of Proficiency on Eye Movement of the Surgeon for Laparoscopic

Cholecystectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Hisanori Shiomi, Masamori Notsu, Tomoko Ota, Yuka Takai,
Akihiko Goto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Formalizing the Cardiac Pacemaker Resynchronization Therapy . . . . . . . . . . 374

Neeraj Kumar Singh, Mark Lawford, Thomas S.E. Maibaum,
and Alan Wassyng

Stepwise Formal Modelling and Reasoning of Insulin Infusion Pump

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Neeraj Kumar Singh, Hao Wang, Mark Lawford,
Thomas S.E. Maibaum, and Alan Wassyng

Quality in Healthcare

Later Life: Living Alone, Social Connectedness and ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Alma L. Culén

Effective Design of Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony in a Group Home

for the Elderly with Dementia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Teruko Doi, Noriaki Kuwahara, and Kazunari Morimoto
 Contents – Part II XVII

A Collaborative Change Experiment: Diagnostic Evaluation of Telecare

for Elderly Home Dwellers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Suhas Govind Joshi and Anita Woll

A Mobile Visual Diary for Personal Pain Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Tor-Morten Grønli, Gheorghita Ghinea, and Fotis Spyridonis

Usefulness of Ikebana a Nursing Care Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Yuki Ikenobo, Yusaku Mochizuki, and Akinori Kuwahara

Usability of Mobile Applications Supporting Training in Diagnostic

Decision-Making by Radiologists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Min Soon Kim, Awatef A. Ben Ramadan, Martina A. Clarke,
Mia K. Markey, Kraig J. Lage, Michael R. Aro, Kevin L. Ingalls,
and Vivek Sindhwani

An Investigation of Caregiver’s Fatigue During Nursing Work in China . . . . 455

Mengyuan Liao, Yuqiu Yang, Yuka Takai, Takashi Yoshikawa,
Akihiko Goto, Ting Yang, Tomoko Ota, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Mobile Application to Aid in the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers . . . . . . . . . . 465

Alvaro G. Lima, Lara Araújo, Isabel Italiano, and Luciano V. Araujo

Development of a Self-learning System for Chest Auscultation Skills

Using an RFID Reader for Nursing Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Kyohei Koyama, Yasuko Kitajima, Jukai Maeda,
and Masako Kanai-Pak

The Digital Reminiscence Method: Effect on Dementia in Japanese

Day Care Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Masayuki Nakamura, Takashi Yoshikawa, Kayo Tanaka,
Mengyuan Liao, and Noriaki Kuwahara

Verbal and Nonverbal Skills in Open Communication:

Comparing Experienced and Inexperienced Radio Duos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Noriko Suzuki, Yu Oshima, Haruka Shoda, Mamiko Sakata,
and Noriko Ito

The Transfer of Expertise in Conducting a Participatory Music Therapy

During a Combined Rehabilitation-Recreational Program in an Elderly
Care Facility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Akiyoshi Yamamoto, Henry Cereno Barrameda Jr., Tatsunori Azuma,
Hideaki Kasasaku, Kayoko Hirota, Momo Jinno, Maki Sumiyama,
Tomoko Ota, Akihiko Goto, Noriyuki Kida, Noriaki Kuwahara,
and Hiroyuki Hamada
XVIII Contents – Part II

Research of Work Climate at Nursing Home - From Job Separation

and Management Capability Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Akiyoshi Yamamoto, Tomoko Ota, Akihiko Goto, Noriyuki Kida,
Hiroyuki Hamada, Henry Cereno Barrameda Jr., and Tatsunori Azuma

Caregiver’s Eye Gaze and Field of View Presumption Method During

Bathing Care in Elderly Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Akiyoshi Yamamoto, Tatsunori Azuma, Henry Cereno Barrameda Jr.,
Noriyuki Kida, Akihiko Goto, and Tomoko Ota

Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

 Contents – Part I

Modeling Human Skills and Expertise

Comparison Knitting Skills Between Experts and Non-experts

by Measurement of the Arm Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Kontawat Chottikampon, Shunyu Tang, Suchalinee Mathurosemontri,
Porakoch Sirisuwan, Miyako Inoda, Hiroyuki Nishimoto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Comparison of Braiding Skills Between Expert and Non-experts

by Eye’s Movement Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Kontawat Chottikampon, Suchalinee Mathurosemontri, Hitoshi Marui,
Porakoch Sirisuwan, Akihiko Goto, Tadashi Uozumi, Miyako Inoda,
Makiko Tada, Hiroyuki Nishimoto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Effect of Skill Level Difference in the Polishing Process of the Maki-e

Making Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Atsushi Endo, Hisanori Yuminaga, Chihiro Akatsuka, Takuya Sugimoto,
Yutaro Shimode, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Study on Method of Observing Maki-e Crafts Work

in Urushi Craftspeople . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Atsushi Endo, Noriyuki Kida, Yutaro Shimode, Isao Oda, Yuka Takai,
Akihiko Goto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Comparison of Description Skill on Characteristics of the Urushi Crafts

Work Between Expert Craftspeople and Non-expert Craftspeople . . . . . . . . . 46
Atsushi Endo, Mari Shimode, Yutaro Shimode, Seishi Namiki,
Noriaki Kuwahara, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Analysis of Eye Movement of Caregiver Concerning on Transfer

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Akihiko Goto, Mengyuan Liao, Yuka Takai, Takashi Yoshikawa,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Analysis of the Skills to Acupuncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Yoshio Ikai, Masakazu Migaki, Noriyuki Kida, Hidehisa Iwamoto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Differences in How Long an Ikebana Work Lasts Depending on the Skill

Used in Cutting Floral Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Yuki Ikenobo, Zelong Wang, Yusuke Shiraishi, and Akihiko Goto
XX Contents – Part I

Study of Caregivers’ Skills for Monitoring Senior Residents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Mikako Ito, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto, and Noriaki Kuwahara

Research on the Performance of Three Tea Whisks of “The Way of Tea”

with Different Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Soutatsu Kanazawa, Tomoko Ota, Zelong Wang, Akihiro Tada,
Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Effects of Quantified Instructional Tool on Spray-up Fabrication Method . . . . 104

Tetsuo Kikuchi, Erika Suzuki, Yiyi Zhang, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

An Investigation on Conversion from Tacit Knowledge to Explicit

Knowledge in Hand Lay-Up Fabrication Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tetsuo Kikuchi, Erika Suzuki, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Process Analysis of Manufacturing of Sewing Scissors by All Forging

Process and Understanding of Its Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Yasuko Kitajima, Kazuki Kito, Masakazu Migaki, Kanji Matsumuro,
Yasuhiko Murata, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Expert vs. Elementary Skill Comparison and Process Analysis in VaRTM-

Manufactured Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Yasunari Kuratani, Kentaro Hase, Takahiro Hosomi, Tomoe Kawazu,
Tadashi Uozumi, Akihiko Goto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

The Relationship Between Mechanical Properties and the Method

Technique of GFRP Plate by Hand Lay-up Method: Effect of the Workers
Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Masakazu Migaki, Keisuke Ono, Ryo Takematsu, Yusaku Mochizuki,
Eijutsu Ko, Daiki Ichikawa, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Researching Sounds Generated During the Second Lining Pounding

Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Yasuhiro Oka, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto, Keisuke Ono, and Kozo Oka

EMG Activity Analysis of Expert Skills on Handheld Grinding Work

for Metallographic Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Takuya Sugimoto, Hisanori Yuminaga, Hiroyuki Nishimoto,
and Akihiko Goto

Difference in Polishing Process of FRP Between Expert and Non-expert . . . . 174

Takuya Sugimoto, Daiki Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Nishimoto,
Yoshiaki Yamato, and Akihiko Goto
 Contents – Part I XXI

An Investigation on Skillful Gel-Coat Techniques and Its Application

to Beginner’s Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Erika Suzuki, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Numerical Analysis on “Kana-Ami” Structure Between Expert

and Non-expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Zelong Wang, Ken-ichi Tsuji, Toru Tsuji, Koji Ishizaki, Yuka Takai,
Akihiko Goto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Motion Analysis of Interval Time During “Kana-ami” Making Process . . . . . 201

Zelong Wang, Ken-ichi Tsuji, Toru Tsuji, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Brain Activity Analysis on “Kana-Ami” Making Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Zelong Wang, Ken-ichi Tsuji, Toru Tsuji, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Modeling Human Work and Activities

Human Performance Modeling for Dynamic Human Reliability Analysis . . . . 223

Ronald Laurids Boring, Jeffrey Clark Joe, and Diego Mandelli

Improvement of Needle Bar in Textile Machine by Hitting Process . . . . . . . . 235

Kontawat Chottikampon, Suchalinee Mathurosemontri, Hitoshi Marui,
Ryo Marui, Hiroyuki Nishimoto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Towards a Theory for Bio Cyber Physical Systems Modelling . . . . . . . . . . 245

Didier Fass and Franck Gechter

Colorimetry and Impression Evaluation of Insert Molded GFRP Plate

with Black Silk Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Erika Suzuki, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Takashi Furukawa,
Takahiro Suzuki, Atsushi Endo, Yutaro Shimode, Yuka Takai,
and Yuqiu Yang

Light Transmission Properties of Insert Molded GFRPs with Different

Crape Structure of Silk Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Erika Suzuki, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Takashi Furukawa,
Atsushi Endo, Yuka Takai, and Yuqiu Yang

Evaluation of Kimono Clothes in Kyo-Yuzen-Zome Using Image . . . . . . . . . 277

Takashi Furukawa, Yuka Takai, Noriaki Kuwahara, and Akihiko Goto

Effects of Spray Gun Handling of Automobile Repair on Carrier

of Car Mechanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Shigeru Ikemoto, Kenta Morimoto, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada
XXII Contents – Part I

Visual Evaluation of “The Way of Tea” Based on Questionnaire Survey

Between Chinese and Japanese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Soutatsu Kanazawa, Tomoko Ota, Zelong Wang,
Rutchaneekorn Wongpajan, Yuka Takai, Akihiko Goto,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

A Study of the Tacit Knowledge on the Design of Kimono Patterns

from Japanese Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Masashi Kano, Hiroyuki Akaji, Noriaki Kuwahara,
and Hiroyuki Hamada

Comparison of KEMOMI Technique Between Master Craftsman

and Unskilled Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Shinichiro Kawabata, Zhilan Xu, Akihiko Goto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Inside the User’s Mind – Perception of Risks and Benefits of Unknown

Technologies, Exemplified by Geothermal Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Johanna Kluge, Sylvia Kowalewski, and Martina Ziefle

Factor of Feeling “Hannari” from Kimono Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Kumiko Komizo, Noriaki Kuwahara, and Kazunari Morimoto

Human Machine Epistemology Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Rémi Nazin and Didier Fass

A Study on Learning Effects of Marking with Highlighter Pen . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Hiroki Nishimura and Noriaki Kuwahara

Process Analysis of Kyo Karakami Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Seiji Senda, Erika Suzuki, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Mitsunori Suda,
and Yuka Takai

Exploring How People Collaborate with a Stranger: Analyses of Verbal and

Nonverbal Behaviors in Abstract Art Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Haruka Shoda, Tomoki Yao, Noriko Suzuki, and Mamiko Sakata

Process Analysis of Expert and Non-expert Engineers in Quartz Glass

Joint Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Masamichi Suda, Toru Takahashi, Akio Hattori, Yuqiu Yang,
Akihiko Goto, and Hiroyuki Hamada

Comparison of Eye Movement During the Polishing Process of

Metallographic Sample Between Expert and Nonexpert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Takuya Sugimoto, Yuka Takai, Hiroyuki Nishimoto, and Akihiko Goto

Omotenashi in the Japanese Bridal Market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Shigeyuki Takami, Aya Takai, Takuya Sugimoto, Masamichi Suda,
and Hiroyuki Hamada
 Contents – Part I XXIII

A Study on Characteristic of Calligraphy Characters Part 1 Analytical

Method with Computer Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Zelong Wang, Issei Harima, and Zenichiro Maekawa

A Study on Characteristic of Calligraphy Characters Part 2 Case of One

Character of Calligraphy Letter “Kanji” and “Hiragana”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Zelong Wang, Mengyuan Liao, Kayo Yokota, Riichi Hagihara,
and Zenichiro Maekawa

A Study on Characteristic of Calligraphy Characters Part 3 Case

of the Writing Paper with Calligraphy Letter Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Zelong Wang, Riichi Hagihara, and Zenichiro Maekawa

Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Anthropometry and Ergonomics
 Estimation of Arbitrary Human Models
from Anthropometric Dimensions

Yui Endo(&), Mitsunori Tada, and Masaaki Mochimaru

Digital Human Research Center, National Institute of Advanced

Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
{y.endo,m.tada,m-mochimaru}@aist.go.jp

Abstract. In this paper, we describe a novel approach for reconstructing

arbitrary whole-body human models from an arbitrary sparse subset of anthro-
pometric dimensions. Firstly, a comprehensive set of dimensions is estimated
from the subset via the principal component space for the dimensions. Then,
a skin surface model with the obtained comprehensive set of dimensions is
constructed by deforming a whole-body human model template. The result is
validated based on the error distribution of the dimensions of the obtained
surface mesh for the target.

Keywords: Human modeling
Anthropometry

1 Introduction

Over the past few years, “digital style design” for various kinds of products has been
widely applied due to the spread of a variety of CAD systems. On the other hand, those
designs with high ergonomic assessment such as easy shape and comfortable
user-interface for human grasp and operation, so called “human centered design”, have
been receiving much more attention as this could enhance the market competitiveness of
products. Current ergonomic evaluation processes require experiments based on a large
number of various human subjects and a variety of physical mockups. These create
bottlenecks in the product development cycle, are time consuming, have a high cost, and
result in fewer implementations of ergonomic assessment. Thus, human models, digital
models of various kinds of human, have been proposed to conduct the ergonomic
assessment in a virtual environment. This virtual ergonomic assessment, integrating
human models with product models, has a high possibility to produce ergonomic design
quickly with less cost and its implementation has been highly anticipated.
Reconstruction of functional human models with arbitrary body shapes is the first
step to conducting “virtual ergonomic assessment” in the process of human-centered
product design. Thus far, we have proposed a reconstruction method of the human
model and its postures for arbitrary individuals, conducted by inputting the trajectories
of landmark points on the skin surface obtained from a motion capture system [1].
Though the human models obtained are accurate enough for our purpose, experiments
with a motion capture system are too time-consuming and too expensive to be con-
ducted for a plurality of real subjects.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21070-4_1
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In this paper, we describe a novel approach for reconstructing arbitrary whole-body

human models from an arbitrary sparse set of anthropometric dimensions. Though this
method adopts an approximate approach by referring to the large database for
whole-body anthropometric dimensions, it can be conducted much faster than the
previously-proposed method.

2 Definitions and Methods

2.1 Human Model Definition
Thus far, we have developed the human models, called “Dhaiba”, achieving the
ergonomic assessment of products based on the precise simulation of various types of
human size, shape and function in a virtual environment. The Dhaiba models include
the “DhaibaBody”, whole body models, and the “DhaibaHand”, hand models (Fig. 1(a)
(b)) [2].
Each Dhaiba model fundamentally contains the following three model elements:
1. A skin surface model consisting of as a triangular mesh which represents the skin
surface in a reference posture.
2. A link model which includes a set of the local coordinate system of each joint and
their connectivity as the links.
3. Each anthropometric dimension for the Dhaiba model is defined as the distance
between two landmark vertices on the skin surface model. In some cases, the

(a) (b) (c)

Fig. 1. The Dhaiba models. (a) The male template model, (b) the female template model and
(c) the model which changed its posture.
 Estimation of Arbitrary Human Models 5

distances along the x/y/z-axis in the world coordinate system are used as the
definition.
The posture of the Dhaiba model is controlled by rotating the joint angles of the
link model. The “Skeletal Subspace Deformation (SSD)” algorithm is used for the
deformation of the skin surface model by following the joint rotation [3], so as to
represent the whole-body geometry for arbitrary postures (Fig. 1(c)).

2.2 Overview of the Method

Figure 2 shows an overview of the proposed method. Firstly, the user specifies an
arbitrary set of whole-body dimensions for a target, which is a subset of a compre-
hensive set of the dimensions. Then, the comprehensive set of the dimensions for the
target is estimated from the input and a large database for the set. Finally, the human
model for the target including the skin surface model and the link model is constructed
by an optimization method based on the control of the “link scales”.
The details are described in the following sections.

Fig. 2. Overview of the proposed method.

6 Y. Endo et al.

2.3 Estimation of the Comprehensive Set of Anthropometric Dimensions

The system performs the following steps to estimate a comprehensive set of anthro-
pometric dimensions for the target from the arbitrary subset of the dimensions for the
target.

2.3.1 Preparation
A large database for the comprehensive set of the whole-body anthropometric
dimensions is prepared. A large dense matrix D is defined, where Di,j, the (i, j)th entry
of the D, represents the value of j-th dimension item for an i-th subject included in the
database. Then a matrix X is calculated as the standardized matrix for the D:

Di;j  a_ j
Xi;j ¼ ; ð1Þ
~aj

where a_ j and ~
aj is the mean and the standard deviation for the j-th column of the
D respectively. Hereafter we denote i-th row vector of the D the dimension vector xi.
The correlation matrix C is calculated as follows:

1
C¼ X T X; ð2Þ
n1

where n is the number of the columns of the X. Then the coefficient matrix W is
calculated as the set of the eigenvectors for the C:

W ¼ ½ e1 e2 . . . en ; ð3Þ

where e1 ; . . .; en are the (column) eigenvectors related to the C. These vectors are
sorted in descending order by their related eigenvalues.

2.3.2 Principal Component Analysis

By using the obtained matrix W, the dimension vector x = [x1 x2 … xn]T can be
mutually transformed into the n-dimensional column vector of the principal component
scores z = [z1 z2 … zn]T (the principal component vector) as follows:

_
z ¼ W x; ð4Þ

x_ ¼ W T z; ð5Þ

x ¼½x_ 1 x_ 2 . . . x_ n T and x_ j ¼ ðxj  a_ j Þ=~aj .

where _

2.3.3 Estimation of the Dimension Vector

Here, the user chooses several dimension items from the complete dimension set and
specifies values for them. By using these arbitrary ns values in x, the first ns principal
component scores can be estimated. For instance, in the case where ns = 2 and the
 Estimation of Arbitrary Human Models 7

dimension item a and b are chosen as the subset, the approximate values of z1 and z2
are calculated as follows:



x_ a ^ z1
ffiW ; ð6Þ
x_ b z2

where


ðW T Þa;1 ðW T Þa;2
^ ¼
W : ð7Þ
ðW T Þb;1 ðW T Þb;2

Thus, the following equation is obtained:



z1 ^ 1 x_a
ffiW : ð8Þ
z2 x_ b

So, in this case, the approximate value of complete dimension vector x is calculated
by Eqs. (5) and (8), where the other principal component scores z3,…, zn are set to zero.

2.4 Construction of the Human Model

In this section, the Dhaiba model for the target is constructed from the Dhaiba model
template, based on the dimension vector x obtained in the previous section.

2.4.1 The Dhaiba Model Template

Construction of the Dhaiba model template is the first step to carrying out the opti-
mization process for constructing the Dhaiba model for the target described in the
following sections.
Figure 1 (a) (b) shows the Dhaiba model templates reconstructed from a dense
polygon soup obtained by a laser scanner. The Dhaiba model for the target is obtained
by deforming one of the template model, so the skin surface model and the link model
for the target are “homologous” with the ones for the template. That is, the following
are common among all Dhaiba models respectively:
1. The number of vertices, faces and the topological structure of the skin surface
models
2. The vertex index of each landmark on the skin surface models
3. The structure of the link models

2.4.2 Skin Surface Deformation Based on Link Scales

Once the Dhaiba model template is prepared, the shape of the template model can be
dynamically changed by controlling the “link scales”.
The link scale sj;k is defined as a variable for an axis k (k 2 fþx; x; þy; y; þz; zg)
of each joint j of the link model. Based on the link scales, the origin of the local
coordinate system Rj for each joint j is updated as follows:
8 Y. Endo et al.

W 1
o0 j ¼ W Tj1
0
Sðj; oj Þ Tj1 oj ; ð9Þ

where oj = [ojx ojy ojz 1]T is the position vector of the origin of the Rj and o0 j is the
updated one. W Tj1 is the 4 × 4 matrix which transforms the world coordinate system
into the local coordinate system Rj1 (j−1 indicates the index of the parent joint of the
0
j) and W Tj1 is the updated one. The 4th column vector of W Tj is updated from oj to o0 j
W 0
and Tj is obtained as the result. S(j, v) is the 4 × 4 scaling matrix defined as follows:
2 3
sj;x0 O
6 sj;y0 7  
Sðj; vÞ ¼ 6
4
7; v ¼ ½vx vy vz 1T ;
5 ð10Þ
sj;z0
O 1

where

  
0 x ðvx  0Þ 0 y ðvy  0Þ 0 z ðvz  0Þ
x ¼ ; y ¼ ; z ¼ : ð11Þ
x ðvx \0Þ y ðvy \0Þ z ðvz \0Þ

On the other hand, the position of each vertex v on the skin surface model of the
template is updated as follows:
X W 1
v0 ¼ wjv W
Tj0 Sðj; j vÞ Tj v; ð12Þ
j

where v is the position vector of the v and v0 is the updated one. wjv is a vertex weight of
v for the link bound to the joint j, which represents the degree of the relation between
each vertex on the skin surface model and each link. This weight set is also used as the
parameter of the skeletal subspace deformation method (a.k.a. the linear blend skin-
ning) [3]. For calculation of the weight set, we use the skin attachment method based
on heat equilibrium [3].
Figure 3 shows an example of the relation between the link scales, the modified link
model and the deformed shape of the skin surface affected by the link scales.

2.4.3 Optimization Method for Constructing the Target Human Model

By using the comprehensive set of anthropometric dimensions for the target obtained in
Sect. 2.3, the system optimizes the body shape of the Dhaiba model template by
controlling the link scales and obtains the Dhaiba model for the target. This nonlinear
optimization problem is represented as follows:
1. The link scales for the link model of the Dhaiba model template are the variables.
Based on the change of the link scales, each local coordinate system of the link
model and each vertex position of the skin surface model is updated.
2. The comprehensive set of anthropometric dimensions obtained for the target should
be satisfied as the constraints. As described in Sect. 2.1, each dimension is
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insufficiency of legal evidence he was convicted, and formally
condemned to be hanged, like any common malefactor. But the ex-
page won his life by his taciturnity. Had he, in his defence, or
afterward, revealed anything that could have displeased or disturbed
the King, his life would have paid the forfeit. As it was, the King at
once ordered that the Earl’s heraldic arms as knight of the Garter
should not be taken down. For the short period of the imprisonment
of the guilty pair, both guilty of many crimes, although in the matter of
Overbury there is some doubt as to the extent of the Earl’s
complicity, they separately enjoyed the “Liberty of the Tower.” The
fallen favorite was wont to pace the melancholy ramparts with the
George and collar round his neck and the Garter of knighthood
below his knee. He was often seen in grave converse with the Earl of
Northumberland. Sometimes, the guilty wife of Somerset, impelled
by curiosity or affection, would venture to gaze at him for a minute or
two from her lattice, and then, if the Earl saw her, he would turn,
gravely salute her, and straightway pass on in silence.
When liberated from the Tower, the knight of the Garter, convicted of
murder, and his wife, confessedly guilty, went forth together under
protection of a royal pardon. Down to the time of the death of Lady
Somerset, in 1632, the wretched pair are said never to have opened
their lips but to express, each hatred and execration of the other. The
earl lived on till 1645—long enough to see the first husband of his
wife carry his banner triumphantly against the son of James, at
Edgehill. The two husbands of one wife died within a few months of
each other.
Such was the career of one who began life as a page. Let us
contrast therewith the early career of one whose name is still more
familiar to the general reader.
Toward the middle of the sixteenth century there was established at
York a respectable and influential Protestant family of the name of
Fawkes. Some of the members were in the legal profession, others
were merchants. One was registrar and advocate of the Consistory
Court of the cathedral church of York. Another was notary and
proctor. A third is spoken of as a merchant-stapler. All were well to-
do; but not one of them dreamed that the name of Fawkes was to be
in the least degree famous.
The Christian name of the ecclesiastical lawyer was Edward. He was
the third son of William and Ellen Fawkes, and was the favorite child
of his mother. She bequeathed trinkets, small sums, and odd bits of
furniture to her other children, but to Edward she left her wedding
suit, and the residue of her estate. Edward Fawkes was married
when his mother made her will. While the document was preparing,
his wife Edith held in her arms an infant boy. To this boy she left her
“best whistle, and one old angel of gold.”
The will itself is a curious document. It is devotional, according to the
good custom of the days in which it was made. The worthy old
testator made some singular bequests; to her son Thomas, amid a
miscellaneous lot, she specifies, “my second petticoat, my worsted
gowne, gardit with velvet, and a damask kirtle.” The “best kirtle and
best petticoat” are bequeathed to her daughter-in-law Edith Fawkes.
Among the legatees is a certain John (who surely must have been a
Joan) Sheerecrofte, to whom, says Mistress Fawkes, “I leave my
petticoat fringed about, my woorse grogram kirtle, one of my lynn
smockes, and a damask upper bodie.” The sex, however, of the
legatee is not to be doubted, for another gentleman in Mrs. Fawkes’s
will comes in for one of her bonnets!
The amount of linen bequeathed, speaks well for the lady’s
housewifery; while the hats, kirtles, and rings, lead us to fear that the
wife of Master Edward Fawkes must have occasionally startled her
husband with the amount of little accounts presented to him by
importunate dressmakers, milliners, and jewellers. Such, however,
was the will of a lady of York three centuries ago, and the child in
arms who was to have the silver whistle and a gold angel was none
other than our old acquaintance, known to us as Guy Faux.
Guy was christened on the sixteenth of April, 1570, in the still
existing church of St. Michael le Belfry; and when the gossips and
sponsors met round the hospitable table of the paternal lawyer to
celebrate the christening of his son, the health of Master Guy
followed hard upon that of her gracious highness the queen.
Master Guy had the misfortune to lose his father in his ninth year.
“He left me but small living,” said Guy, many years afterward, “and I
spent it.” After his sire’s decease, Guy was for some years a pupil at
the free foundation grammar-school in “the Horse Fayre,” adjacent to
York. There he accomplished his humanities under the Reverend
Edward Pulleyne. Among his schoolfellows were Bishop Morton,
subsequently Bishop of Durham, and a quiet little boy, named
Cheke, who came to be a knight and baronet, and who, very
probably went, in after-days, to see his old comrade in the hands of
the hangman.
Some seventeen miles from York stands the pleasant town of
Knaresborough, and not far from Knaresborough is the village of
Scotten. When Guy was yet a boy, there lived in this village a very
gay, seductive wooer, named Dennis Baynbridge. This wooer was
wont to visit the widowed Edith, and the result of his visits was that
the widowed Edith rather hastily put away her weeds, assumed a
bridal attire, married the irresistible Dennis, and, with her two
daughters, Anne and Elizabeth, and her only son Guy, accompanied
her new husband to his residence at Scotten.
Baynbridge was a Roman Catholic, as also were the Pullens,
Percies, Winters, Wrights, and others who lived in Scotten or its
neighborhood, and whose names figure in the story of the
Gunpowder Plot.
At Scotten, then, and probably soon after his mother’s marriage, in
1582, Guy, it may be safely said, left the faith in which he had been
baptized, for that of the Romish Church. Had he declined to adopt
the creed of his step-sire, he perhaps would have been allowed but
few opportunities of angling in the Nidd, rabbiting by Bilton Banks,
nutting in Goldsborough Wood, or of passing idle holydays on
Grimbald Craig.
On the wedding-day of Edith Fawkes and Dennis Baynbridge, the
paternal uncle of Guy made his will. He exhibited his sense of the
step taken by the lady, by omitting her name from the will, and by
bequeathing the bulk of his property to the two sisters of Guy. To
Guy himself, Uncle Thomas left only “a gold ring,” and a “bed and
one pair of sheets, with the appurtenances.”
When Guy became of age, he found himself in possession of his
patrimony—some land and a farm-house. The latter, with two or
three acres of land, he let to a tailor, named Lumley, for the term of
twenty-one years, at the annual rent of forty-two shillings. The
remainder he sold at once for a trifle less than thirty pounds. Shortly
after, he made over to a purchaser all that was left of his property.
He bethought himself for a while as to what course he should take,
and finally he chose the profession of arms, and went out to Spain,
to break crowns and to win spurs.
In Spain, he fell into evil company and evil manners. He saw enough
of hard fighting, and indulged, more than enough, in hard drinking.
He was wild, almost savage of temper, and he never rose to a
command which gave him any chance of gaining admission on the
roll of chivalry. There was a knight, however, named Catesby, who
was a comrade of Guy, and the latter clung to him as a means
whereby to become as great as that to which he clung.
Guy bore himself gallantly in Spain; and, subsequently, in Flanders,
he fought with such distinguished valor, that when Catesby and his
associates in England were considering where they might find the
particular champion whom they needed for their particular purpose in
the Gunpowder Plot, the thought of the reckless soldier flashed
across the mind of Catesby, and Guy was at once looked after as the
“very properest man” for a very improper service.
The messenger who was despatched to Flanders to sound Guy,
found the latter eager to undertake the perilous mission of destroying
king and parliament, and thereby helping Rome to lord it again in
England. The English soldier in Flanders came over to London, put
up at an inn, which occupied a site not very distant from that of the
once well-known “Angel” in St. Clement’s Danes, and made a gay
figure in the open Strand, till he was prepared to consummate a work
which he thought would help himself to greatness.
Into the matter of the plot I will not enter. It must be observed,
however, that knight never went more coolly to look death in the face
than Guy went to blow up the Protestant king and the parliament. At
the same time it must be added, that Guy had not the slightest
intention of hoisting himself with his own petard. He ran a very great
risk, it is true, and he did it fearlessly; but the fact that both a carriage
and a boat were in waiting to facilitate his escape, shows that self-
sacrifice was not the object of the son of the York proctor. His great
ambition was to rank among knights and nobles. He took but an ill-
method to arrive at such an object; but his reverence for nobility was
seen even when he was very near to his violent end. If he was ever
a hero, it was when certain death by process of law was before him.
But even then it was his boast and solace, that throughout the affair
there was not a man employed, even to handle a spade, in
furtherance of the end in view, who was not a gentleman. Guy died
under the perfect conviction that he had done nothing derogatory to
his quality!
Considering how dramatic are the respective stories of the page and
squire, briefly noticed above, it is remarkable that so little use has
been made of them by dramatists. Savage is the only one who has
dramatized the story of the two knights, Somerset and Overbury. In
this tragedy bearing the latter knight’s name, and produced at the
Haymarket, in June, 1723, he himself played the hero, Sir Thomas.
His attempt to be an actor, and thus gain an honest livelihood by his
industry, was the only act of his life of which Savage was ever
ashamed. In this piece the only guilty persons are the countess and
her uncle, the Earl of Northampton. This is in accordance with the
once-prevailing idea that Northampton planned the murder of Sir
Thomas, in his residence, which occupied the site of the present
Northumberland house. The play was not successful, and the same
may be said of it when revived, with alterations, at Covent Garden, in
1777. Sheridan, the actor, furnished the prologue. In this production
he expressed his belief that the public generally felt little interest in
the fate of knights and kings. The reason he assigns is hardly logical.

“Too great for pity, they inspire respect,

Their deeds astonish rather than affect.
 Proving how rare the heart that we can move,
Which reason tells us we can never prove.”

Guy Faux, who, when in Spain, was the ’squire of the higher-born
Catesby, has inspired but few dramatic writers. I only know of two. In
Mrs. Crouch’s memoirs, notice is made of an afterpiece, brought out
on the 5th of November, 1793, at the Haymarket. A far more
creditable attempt to dramatize the story of Guy Fawkes was made
with great success at the Coburg (Victoria) theatre, in September,
1822. This piece still keeps possession of the minor stage, and
deservedly; but it has never been played with such effect as by its
first “cast.” O. Smith was the Guy, and since he had played the
famous Obi, so well as to cause Charles Kemble’s impersonation at
the Haymarket to be forgotten, he had never been fitted with a
character which suited him so admirably. It was one of the most
truthful personations which the stage had ever seen. Indeed the
piece was played by such a troop of actors as can not now be found
in theatres of more pretensions than the transpontine houses. The
chivalric Huntley, very like the chivalric Leigh Murray, in more
respects than one, enacted Tresham with a rare ability, and judicious
Chapman played Catesby with a good taste, which is not to be found
now in the same locality. Dashing Stanley was the Monteagle, and
graceful Howell the Percy, Beverly and Sloman gave rough portraits
of the king and the facetious knight, Sir Tristam Collywobble—coarse
but effective. Smith, however, was the soul of the piece, and Mr.
Fawkes, of Farnley, might have witnessed the representation, and
have been proud of his descent from the dignified hero that O. Smith
made of his ancestor.
I have given samples of knights of various qualities, but I have yet to
mention the scholar and poet knights. There are many personages
who would serve to illustrate the knight so qualified, but I know of
none so suitable as Ulrich Von Hutten.
 ULRICH VON HUTTEN.
“Jacta est alea.”—Ulrich’s Device.

Ulrich von Hutten was born on the 21st of April, 1488, in the
castle of Stackelberg, near Fulda, in Franconia. He was of a noble
family—all the men of which were brave, and all the women virtuous.
He had three brothers and two sisters. His tender mother loved him
the most, because he was the weakest of her offspring. His father
loved him the least for the same reason. For a like cause, however,
both parents agreed that a spiritual education best accorded with the
frame of Ulrich. The latter, at eleven years old, was accordingly sent
to learn his humanities in the abbey school at Fulda.
His progress in all knowledge, religious and secular, made him the
delight of the stern abbot and of his parents. Every effort possible
was resorted to, to induce him to devote himself for ever to the life of
the cloister. In his zealous opposition to this he was ably seconded
by a strong-handed and high-minded knight, a friend of his father’s
named Eitelwolf von Stein. This opposition so far succeeded, that in
1504, when Ulrich was sixteen years of age he fled from the cloister-
academy of Fulda, and betook himself to the noted high-school at
Erfurt.
Among his dearest fellow Alumni here were Rubianus and Hoff, both
of whom subsequently achieved great renown. In the Augustine
convent, near the school, there was residing a poor young monk,
who also subsequently became somewhat famous. Nobody,
however, took much account of him just then, and few even cared to
know his name—Martin Luther. The plague breaking out at Erfurt,
Rubianus was accompanied by Ulrich to Cologne, there to pursue
their studies. The heart and purse of Ulrich’s father were closed
against the son, because of his flight from Fulda; but his kinsman
Eitelwolf, provided for the necessities of the rather imprudent young
scholar.
The sages who trained the young idea at Cologne were of the old
high and dry quality—hating progress and laboriously learned in
trifles. At the head of them were Hogstraten and Ortuin. Ulrich
learned enough of their manner to be able to crush them afterward
with ridicule, by imitating their style, and reproducing their gigantic
nonsense, in the famous “Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum.” In the
meantime he knit close friendship with Sebastian Brandt, and
Œcolampadius—both young men of progress. The latter was
expelled from Cologne for being so, but the University of Frankfort
on the Oder offered him an asylum. Thither Ulrich repaired also, to
be near his friend, and to sharpen his weapons for the coming
struggle between light and darkness—Germany against Rome, and
the German language against the Latin.
At Frankfort he won golden opinions from all sorts of people. The
Elector, Joachim of Brandenburg; his brother, the priestly Margrave
Albert; and Bishop Dietrich von Beilow were proud of the youth who
did honor to the university. He here first became a poet, and took the
brothers Von Osthen for his friends. He labored earnestly, and
acquired much glory; but he was a very free liver to boot, though he
was by no means particularly so, for the times in which he lived. His
excesses, however, brought on a dangerous disease, which, it is
sometimes supposed, had not hitherto been known in Europe. Be
this as it may, he was never wholly free from the malady as long as
he lived, nor ever thought that it much mattered whether he suffered
or not.
He was still ill when he took up for a season the life of a wandering
scholar. He endured all its miserable vicissitudes, suffered famine
and shipwreck, and was glad at last to find a haven, as a poor
student, in the Pomeranian University of Griefswalde. The Professor
Lötz and his father the Burgomaster, were glad to patronize so
renowned a youth, but they did it with such insulting condescension
that the spirit of Ulrich revolted; and in 1509, the wayward scholar
was again a wanderer, with the world before him where to choose.
The Lötzes, who had lent him clothes, despatched men after him to
strip him; and the poor, half-frozen wretch, reached Rostock half
starved, more than half naked, with wounds gaping for vengeance,
and with as little sense about him as could be possessed by a man
so ill-conditioned.
He lived by his wits at Rostock. He was unknown and perfectly
destitute; but he penned so spirited a metrical narrative of his life and
sufferings, addressed to the heads of the university there, that these
at once received him under their protection. In a short time he was
installed in comparative comfort, teaching the classics to young
pupils, and experiencing as much enjoyment as he could,
considering that the Lötzes of Griefswalde were continually assuring
his patrons that their protégé was a worthless impostor.
He took a poet’s revenge, and scourged them in rhymes, the very
ruggedness of which was tantamount to flaying.
Having gained his fill of honor at Rostock, his restless spirit urged
him once again into the world. After much wandering, he settled for a
season at Wittenburg, where he was the delight of the learned men.
By their eleemosynary aid, and that of various friends, save his
father, who rejoiced in his renown but would not help him to live, he
existed after the fashion of many pauper students of his day. At
Wittenburg he wrote his famous “Art of Poetry;” and he had no
sooner raised universal admiration by its production, than forth he
rushed once more into the world.
He wandered through Bohemia and Moravia, thankfully accepting
bread from peasants, and diamond rings from princes. He had not a
maravedi in his purse, nor clean linen on his back; but he made
himself welcome everywhere. One night he slept, thankfully, on the
straw of a barn; and the next sank, well-fed, into the eider-down of a
bishop’s bed. He entered Olmutz ragged, shoeless, and exhausted.
He left it, after enjoying the rich hospitality he had laughingly
extracted from Bishop Turso, on horseback, with a heavy purse in
his belt, a mantle on his shoulder, and a golden ring, with a jewel set
in it, upon his finger. Such were a student’s vicissitudes, in the days
of German wandering, a long time ago.
The boy, for he was not yet twenty years of age, betook himself to
Vienna, where he kept a wide circle in continual rapture by the
excellence of his poetical productions. These productions were not
“all for love,” nor were they all didactic. He poured out war-ballads to
encourage the popular feeling in favor of the Emperor Maximilian,
against his enemies in Germany and Italy. Ulrich was, for the
moment, the Tyrtæus of his native country. Then, suddenly
recollecting that his angry sire had said that if his son would not take
the monk’s cowl, his father would be content to see him assume the
lawyer’s coif, our volatile hero hastened to Pavia, opened the law
books on an ominous 1st of April, 1512, and read them steadily, yet
wearied of them heartily, during just three months.
At this time Francis the first of France, who had seized on Pavia,
was besieged therein by the German and Swiss cavalry. Ulrich was
dangerously ill during the siege, but he occupied the weary time by
writing sharp epitaphs upon himself. The allies entered the city; and
Ulrich straightway departed from it, a charge having been laid
against him of too much partiality for the French. The indignant
German hurried to Bologna, where he once more addressed himself
to the Pandects and the Juris Codices Gentium.
This light reading so worked on his constitution that fever laid him
low, and after illness came destitution. He wrote exquisite verses to
Cardinal Gurk, the imperial embassador in Bologna, where the pope
for the moment resided; but he failed in his object of being raised to
some office in the cardinal’s household. Poor Ulrich took the course
often followed by men of his impulses and condition; he entered the
army as a private soldier, and began the ladder which leads to
knighthood at the lowest round.
Unutterable miseries he endured in this character; but he went
through the siege of Pavia with honor, and he wrote such sparkling
rhymes in celebration of German triumphs and in ridicule of
Germany’s foes, that, when a weakness in the ankles compelled him
to retire from the army, he collected his songs and dedicated them to
the Emperor.
The dedication, however, was so very independent of tone, that
Maximilian took no notice of the limping knight who had exchanged
the sword for the lyre. Indeed, at this juncture, the man who could
wield a sledge-hammer, was in more esteem with the constituted
authorities than he who skilfully used his pen. The young poet could
scarcely win a smile, even from Albert of Brandenburg, to whom he
had dedicated a poem. Sick at heart, his health gave way, and a
heavy fever sent him to recover it at the healing springs in the valley
of Ems.
A short time previous to his entering the army, the young Duke Ulrich
of Wurtemburg had begun to achieve for himself a most unenviable
reputation. He had entered on his government; and he governed his
people ill, and himself worse. He allowed nothing to stand between
his own illustrious purpose and the object aimed at. He had for wife
the gentle Bavarian princess, Sabina, and for friend, young Johan
von Hutten, a cousin of our hero Ulrich.
Now, Johan von Hutten had recently married a fair-haired girl, with
the not very euphonious appellation of Von Thumb. She was,
however, of noble birth, and, we must add, of light principles. The
duke fell in love with her, and she with the duke, and when his friend
Johan remonstrated with him, the ducal sovereign gravely proposed
to the outraged husband an exchange of consorts!
Johan resolved to withdraw from the ducal court; and this resolution
alarmed both his wife and the duke, for Johan had no intention of
leaving his lightsome Von Thumb behind him. Therefore, the duke
invited Johan one fine May morning in the year 1515, to take a
friendly ride with him through a wood. The invitation was accepted,
and as Johan was riding along a narrow path, in front of the duke,
the latter passed his sword through the body of his friend, slaying
him on the spot.
Having thus murdered his friend, the duke hung him up by the neck
in his own girdle to a neighboring tree, and he defended the deed, by
giving out that ducal justice had only been inflicted on a traitor who
had endeavored to seduce the Duchess of Wurtemburg! The lady,
however, immediately fled to her father, denouncing the
faithlessness of her unworthy husband, on whose bosom the young
widow of the murdered Johan now reclined for consolation.
On this compound deed becoming known, all Germany uttered a
unanimous cry of horror. The noblest of the duke’s subjects flung off
their allegiance. His very servants quitted him in disgust. His fellow-
princes invoked justice against him and Ulrich von Hutten, from his
sick couch at Ems, penned eloquent appeals to the German nation,
to rise and crush the ruthless wretch who had quenched in blood, the
life, the light, the hope, the very flower of Teutonic chivalry.
The “Philippics” of Ulrich were mainly instrumental in raising a
terrible Nemesis to take vengeance upon his ducal namesake; and
he afterward wrote his “Phalarismus” to show that the tyrant excited
horror, even in the infernal regions. The opening sentence—“Jacta
est alea!” became his motto; and his family took for its apt device
—“Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor!” From this time forward,
Ulrich von Hutten was a public man, and became one of the
foremost heroes of his heroic age. He was now scholar, poet, and
knight.
His fame would have been a pleasant thing to him, but the pleasure
was temporarily diminished by the death of his old benefactor,
Eitelwolf von Stein. The latter was the first German statesman who
was also a great scholar; and his example first shook the prejudice,
that for a knight or nobleman to be book-learned was derogatory to
his chivalry and nobility. Into the area of public warfare Ulrich now
descended, and the enemies of light trembled before the doughty
champion. The collegiate teachers at Cologne, with Hogstraten, the
Inquisitor, Pfefierkorn, a converted Jew, and Ortuin—at their head,
had directed all the powers of the scholastic prejudices against
Reuchlin and his followers, who had declared, that not only Greek,
but Hebrew should form a portion of the course of study for those
destined to enter the Church. The ancient party pronounced this
Heathenism; Reuchlin and his party called it Reason, and Germany,
was split in two, upon the question.
At the very height of the contest, a lad with a sling and a stone
entered the lists, and so dexterously worked his missiles, that the
enemy of learning was soon overcome. The lad was Von Hutten,
who, as chief author of those amusing satires, “Epistolae
Obscurorum Virorum,” ruined Monkery and paralyzed Rome, by
making all the world laugh at the follies, vices, crimes, and selfish
ignorance of both.
Leo X. was so enraged, that he excommunicated the authors, and
devoted them to damnation. “I care no more,” said Von Hutten, “for
the bull of excommunication than I do for a soap-bubble.” The
reputation he had acquired, helped him to a reconciliation with his
family; but the members thereof had only small respect for a mere
learned knight. They urged him to qualify himself for a chancellor,
and to repair to Rome, and study the law accordingly.
Something loath, he turned his face toward the Tyber, in 1515. The
first news received of the law-student was to the effect, that having
been attacked, dagger in hand, at a pic-nic, near Viterbo, by five
French noblemen, whom he had reproved for speaking ill of
Germany and the Emperor Maximilian, he had slain one and put the
other four to flight. From this fray he himself escaped with a slash on
the cheek. He recounted his victory in a song of triumph, and when
the law-student sat down to his books, every one in Rome
acknowledged that his sword and his pen were equally pointed.
His French adversaries threatened vengeance for their humiliating
defeat; and he accordingly avoided it, by withdrawing to Bologne,
where he again, with hearty disgust, applied himself to the severe
study of a law which was never applied for justice sake. He found
compensation in penning such stirring poetry as his satirical “Nemo,”
and in noting the vices of the priesthood with the intention of turning
his observation to subsequent profit. A feud between the German
and Italian students at Bologna soon drove our scholar from the
latter place. He took himself to Ferrara and Venice; was welcomed
everywhere by the learned and liberal, and, as he wrote to Erasmus,
was loaded by them with solid pudding as well as empty praise.
From this journey he returned to his native country. He repaired to
Augsburg, where Maximilian was holding court, and so well was he
commended to the emperor, that on the 15th of June, 1517, that
monarch dubbed him Imperial Knight, placed a gold ring, symbolic of
chivalrous dignity, on his finger, and crowned him a poet, with a
laurel wreath, woven by the fairest flower of Augsburg, Constance
Peutinger.
After such honors, his father received him with joy at his hearth; and
while Von Hutten went from his native Stackelberg to the library at
Fulda, yet hesitating whether to take service under the Emperor or
under the Elector of Mayence, he bethought himself of the irrefutable
work of Laurentius Valla against the temporal authority and
possessions of the Popedom. He studied the work well, published an
improved edition, and dedicated it, in a letter of fire and ability, to Leo
X.;—a proof of his hope in, or of his defiance of, that accomplished
infidel.
Luther and Von Hutten were thus, each unconscious of the other,
attacking Popery on two points, about the same moment. Luther
employed fearful weapons in his cause, and wielded them manfully.
Von Hutten only employed, as yet, a wit which made all wither where
it fell; and an irony which consumed where it dropped. In the
handling of these appliances, there was no man in Germany who
was his equal. Leo could admire and enjoy both the wit and the
irony; and he was not disinclined to agree with the arguments of
which they were made the supports; but what he relished as a
philosopher, he condemned as a Pontiff. The Florentine, Lorenzo de’
Medici, could have kissed the German on either cheek, but the
Pope, Leo X., solemnly devoted him to Gehenna.
As a protection against papal wrath, Von Hutten entered the service
of Albert, Elector-Archbishop of Mayence. Albert was a liberal
Romanist, but nothing in the least of an Ultra-Montanist. He loved
learning and learned men, and he recollected that he was a German
before he was a Romanist. In the suite of the elector, Von Hutten
visited Paris, in 1518. He returned to Mayence only to carry on more
vigorously his onslaught against the begging monks. He accounted
them as greater enemies to Germany than the Turks. “We fight with
the latter, beyond our frontier for power; but the former are the
corrupters of science, of religion, of morals—and they are in the very
midst of us.” So does he write, in a letter to Graf Nuenar, at Cologne.
The building of St. Peter’s cost Rome what the building of Versailles
cost France—a revolution. In each case, an absolute monarchy was
overthrown never again to rise. To provide for the expenses of St.
Peter’s, the Dominican Tetzel traversed Germany, selling his
indulgences. Luther confronted him, and denounced his mission, as
well as those who sent him on it. Von Hutten, in his hatred of monks,
looked upon this as a mere monkish squabble; and he was glad to
see two of the vocation holding one another by the throat.
At this precise moment, Germany was excited at the idea of a
projected European expedition against the Turks. The Imperial
Knight saw clearly the perils that threatened Christendom from that
question, and was ready to rush, sword in hand, to meet them. He
declared, however, that Europe groaned under a more insupportable
yoke, laid on by Rome, and he deprecated the idea of helping Rome
with funds against the Moslem. What a change was here from the
Imperial crusading knights of a few centuries earlier. “If Rome,” he
said, “be serious on the subject of such a crusade, we are ready to
fight, but she must pay us for our services. She shall not have both
our money and our blood.” He spoke, wrote, and published boldly
against Rome being permitted to levy taxes in Germany, on pretence
of going to war with the unbelieving Ottomans. At the same moment,
Luther was denouncing the monks who thought to enrich the coffers
of Rome by the sale of indulgences. One was the political, the other
the religious enemy of the power which sought to rule men and their
consciences from under the shadow of the Colosseum.
There was little hope of aid from the emperor, but Von Hutten looked
for all the help the cause needed in a union of the citizen classes
(whom he had been wont to satirize) with the nobility. To further the
end in view, he wrote his masterly dialogue of “The Robbers.” In this
piece, the speakers are knights and citizens. Each side blames the
other, but each is made acquainted with the other’s virtues, by the
interposition of a Deus ex machinâ in the presence of the knight,
Franz von Sickingen. The whole partakes of the spirit and raciness
of Bunyan and Cobbett. Throughout the dialogue, the vices of no
party in the state find mercy, while the necessity of the mutual
exercise of virtue and aid is ably expounded.
The knight, Franz von Sickingen, was author of a part of this
dialogue. His adjurations to Von Hutten not to be over-hasty and his
reason why, are no doubt his own. By the production of such papers,
Germany was made eager for the fray. This particular and powerful
dialogue was dedicated to John, Pfalzgraf of the Rhine, Duke of
Bavaria, and Count of Spanheim. This illustrious personage had
requested Ulrich that whenever he published any particularly bold
book, in support of national liberty, he would dedicate it to him, the
duke. The author obeyed, in this instance, on good grounds and with
right good will. There is in the dialogue an audible call to war, and
this pleased Luther himself, who was now convinced that with the
pen alone, the Reformation could not be an established fact.
Ulrich longed for the contact, whereby to make his country and his
church free of Romanist tyranny. But he considers the possibility of a
failure. He adjured his family to keep aloof from the strife, that they
might not bring ruin on their heads, in the event of destruction falling
on his own. The parents of Ulrich were now no more; Ulrich as head
of his house was possessed of its modest estates. Of his own
possessions he got rid, as of an encumbrance to his daring and his
gigantic activity. He formally made over nearly all to his next brother,
in order that his enemies, should they ultimately triumph, might have
no ground for seizing them.
At the same time, he warned his brother to send him neither letters
nor money, as either would be considered in the light of aid offered
to an enemy, and might be visited with terrible penalties.
Having rid himself of what few would so easily have parted from, he
drew his sword joyously and independently for the sake of liberty
alone, and with a determination of never sheathing it until he had
accomplished that at which he aimed, or that the accomplishment of
such end had been placed beyond his power.
“Jacta est alea,” cried he, viewing his bright sword, “the die is
thrown, Ulrich has risked it.”
In the meantime Von Hutten remained in the service of the Elector-
Archbishop of Mayence. The courtiers laughed at him as a rude
knight. The knights ridiculed him as a poor philosopher. Both were
mistaken; he was neither poor nor rude, albeit a Ritter and a sage.
What he most cared for, was opportunity to be useful in his
generation, and leisure enough to cultivate learning during the hours
he might call his own. His satirical poems, coarsely enough worded
against a courtier’s life, are admirable for strength and coloring. Not
less admirable for taste and power are his letters of this period. In
them he denounces that nobility which is composed solely of family
pride; and he denounces, with equally good foundation, the life of
“Robber Knights,” as he calls them, who reside in their castles, amid
every sort of discomfort, and a world of dirt, of hideous noises, and
unsavory smells; and who only leave them to plunder or to be
plundered. He pronounces the true knights of the period to be those
alone who love religion and education. With the aid of these, applied
wisely and widely, and with the help of great men whom he names,
and who share his opinions, he hopes, as he fervently declares, to
see intellect gain more victories than force—to be able to bid the old
barbarous spirit which still influenced too many “to gird up its loins
and be off.” Health came to him with this determination to devote
himself to the service and improvement of his fellow-men. It came
partly by the use of simple remedies, the chief of which was
moderation in all things. Pen and sword were now alike actively
employed. He put aside the former, for a moment, only to assume
the latter, in order to strike in for vengeance against the aggressive
Duke of Wurtemburg.
The crimes of this potentate had at length aroused the emperor
against him. Maximilian had intrusted the leadership of his army to
the famous knight-errant of his day, Franz von Sickingen. This
cavalier had often been in open rebellion against the emperor
himself; and Hutten now enrolled himself among the followers of
Franz. His patron not only gave him the necessary permission but
continued to him his liberal stipend; when the two knights met, and
made their armor clash with their boisterous embrace, they swore
not to stop short of vengeance on the guilty duke, but to fight to the
death for liberty and Christendom. They slept together in the same
bed in token of brotherly knighthood, and they rose to carry their
banner triumphantly against the duke—ending the campaign by the
capture of the metropolis, Stutgardt.
Reuchlin resided in the capital, and the good man was full of fear; for
murder and rapine reigned around him. His fear was groundless, for
Von Hutten had urged Sickingen to give out that in the sack of