A new acquisition, a tsuba signed KIKUCHI TSUNEKATSU

[Guido]

仕入(れ)物 = SHIIREMONO = items in stock (i.e. "mass produced"), no matter when, where, or by whom produced.

 

Using 尻物 Shirimono, OTOH, makes one literally the butt of the joke.

[John A Stuart]

尻物 Ooooooh, that is so bad in so many ways! Bad, bad visuals. As penance no great lashings of Schlagsahne in the coffee tonight Guido. John

[Guido]

尻物 Ooooooh, that is so bad in so many ways! Bad, bad visuals. As penance no great lashings of Schlagsahne in the coffee tonight Guido. John

I didn't come up with it, go further back in this thread for the source.

[Ford Hallam]

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

Why the seki-gane?

 

It's kuchi-beni, not sekigane.

[Guido]

Jacques, Kuchibeni 口紅 – also called Bateigata 馬蹄型 – generally refers to Sekigane 責金 / 関金 that were already installed by the Tsubakō; they are still Sekigane. There are three pages on this topic in Takeshi Wakayama’s “Tōsō Kodōgu Kōza”. Your statement is therefore on the same level as saying “no, it’s not a Nihontō, it’s a Katana” ….

[Ford Hallam]

And just to make sure there's no further confusion here's a real 'shirimono'

 

http://laughingsquid.com/shiri-a-Japanese-butt-robot-that-responds-to-touch/

[Brian]

Thank you for the clarification Guido. And Ford...umm...err.....thanks?

LOL.

 

Brian

[Guido]

Helpful link, Ford. The glutæus maximus actually helps to maintain the trunk in an erect posture. I couldn't imagine life without it.