Ken-Hawaii Posted November 4, 2016 Report Posted November 4, 2016 I'm not interested in the tsuba, but I am wondering about the theme on http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-EDO-PERIOD-SAMURAI-SWORD-TSUBA-MONK-AND-TOAD-SIGNED-/152303474043. Ken Quote
vajo Posted November 4, 2016 Report Posted November 4, 2016 Its Sun Wukong and the King of apes. An ancient chinese story of a monk and his journey to the west in the empire of the ape king. I didn't know if I'm right but it could be so. regards Chris Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Posted November 4, 2016 What does the toad have to do with it? Ken Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Posted November 4, 2016 That's kind of cool! Thanks Guido! There are so many themes in Japanese art that it's impossible to know all of them, but they're all very interesting! Is there any resource that lists a bunch of them...in English? Ken Quote
Guido Posted November 4, 2016 Report Posted November 4, 2016 There are so many themes in Japanese art that it's impossible to know all of them, but they're all very interesting! Is there any resource that lists a bunch of them...in English? The classic: https://archive.org/details/legendinjapanese00jolyuoft 2 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Posted November 4, 2016 Wow! That's been around for awhile. I also forgot that I had a book on Japanese mythology in my own digital library. If anyone is interested, it's in my Dropbox folder: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87217426/Roberts%2C%20Jeremy%20-%20Japanese%20Mythology%20A-to-Z%2C%202nd_Ed.pdf. Thanks again, Guido. Ken 1 Quote
Grey Doffin Posted November 4, 2016 Report Posted November 4, 2016 Hi Ken, Joly's Legend is the go to reference in English but without an index it is difficult to access. There is a smaller book that fixes the problem; here it is on my website: http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/books/b692-people-places-and-things-henri-jolys-legend-Japanese-art Cheers, Grey Quote
TETSUGENDO Posted November 4, 2016 Report Posted November 4, 2016 Hi All, FYI, Legend in Japanese Art is available free of charge on the Google Play Store. Cheers- StevenK 1 Quote
Brian Posted November 4, 2016 Report Posted November 4, 2016 And don't forget Markus' 2 books on Legends and Stories about the Japanese Sword. Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted November 5, 2016 Author Report Posted November 5, 2016 Dang! I have both of Markus' books, & totally forgot about them! Thanks, Brian. And I just downloaded Legend in Japanese Art, so thanks, Steven. Lots of fun reading ahead!! Ken 1 Quote
TETSUGENDO Posted November 5, 2016 Report Posted November 5, 2016 Ken, BTW the index that Grey mentioned is a most useful compliment to LEGEND. --StevenK Quote
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