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Piers,

 

Here's what's written on the back. It's strange because the perfect, mirror-like finish on the back makes it seem like the maedate is modern, but the excellent patina and detail evident on the front is definitely Edo. Another thing - the maedate is larger and heavier than most such maedate which are usually made of a very light, balsa-type wood. I wonder if this was once some kind of plaque in a Buddhist shrine. Anyone have any ideas?

 

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John

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Catching up a bit this morning with coffee and saw this thread, nice stuff.  I enjoy and appreciate lacquer work, but have very little of it and what I have are small pieces.  I prefer the tansu and/or wooden boxes, especially those adorned with metal banding and latches.  Here are a couple of mine:

 

Katana dansu:

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Tansu:

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Tansu:

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Are there offering boxes in this format?  Could it possibly have been repurposed.  Seems to me it would house something long.  There are no signs that it had extensive bracing, but there does look to be signs of old glue on the inner bottom along one side and on that side is slight oxidation showing a curve similar to a katana or teppo hilt.  

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I'd always thought that bako were smaller boxes, & hako larger ones.

 

Ken, it's is called rendaku 連濁, sequal voicing. The "ha" of hako 箱 (box) changes into a "ba" if it's the non-initial portion of a compound. For example, it's hakogaki, but tsubabako.

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John, good question. How do you know that your karabitsu is from the Edo Period? Could it not be earlier? (See post #33 earlier)

 

Thanks for reviving this thread. This could be an excuse to get the camera out again. (Missing Eric now, though...)

Hi Piers,

 

When I first bought this karabitsu, I thought it could have been pre-Edo, but I have shown pictures of it to a few of our senior society members in Japan and they all seem to think that it's Edo.

 

Eric is indeed missed...

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