vajo Posted January 3, 2017 Report Posted January 3, 2017 Maybe someone can help me with this tsuba. I bought this iron tsuba a year ago from a honorable member here and we didn't have any idea about the motif. There are clouds on it, yes. But what are these silver iron claws coming out of the clouds (dreameater)? The tsuba is very nice in hand. There are some gold (dot) applications on it but it didn't came out on the picture. Thanks for watching. Regards Chris Quote
Stephen Posted January 3, 2017 Report Posted January 3, 2017 my guess is dragon in clouds, a theme im starting to collect, with a more pronounced dragon of course. 1 Quote
Ford Hallam Posted January 3, 2017 Report Posted January 3, 2017 a more pronounced dragon....D R AAA GG OOO NN E. 2 Quote
vajo Posted January 3, 2017 Author Report Posted January 3, 2017 Haha.. . but where is the Dragon :-) 1 Quote
vajo Posted January 3, 2017 Author Report Posted January 3, 2017 wow chasing the dragon.. knowing its there but never seen Quote
MauroP Posted January 4, 2017 Report Posted January 4, 2017 A dragon in clouds - a dragon of clouds !? 5 Quote
Ian B3HR2UH Posted January 4, 2017 Report Posted January 4, 2017 What an interesting piece. I don't have Mauro's computer skills to draw it but I saw the dragons eye as being the gold coloured dot near the top right. Ian Brooks Quote
Tanto54 Posted January 4, 2017 Report Posted January 4, 2017 Here's a similar motif on Aoi website: 1 Quote
christianmalterre Posted January 4, 2017 Report Posted January 4, 2017 male dragon actually not visible due having fun with female dragon... (or would you show what mom and dad do behind the curtain?) LOL! Quote
vajo Posted January 4, 2017 Author Report Posted January 4, 2017 Thanks all. Mauro i see now the dragon with a view. Great help thanks. Chris Quote
johnnyi Posted January 4, 2017 Report Posted January 4, 2017 Quote by Glaser reprinted in, "The Animal In Far Eastern Art" by T Volker. "Earth and water are embodied in Tiger and Dragon. The threatening violence of terrestrial powers in the giant beast of prey prowling, hunched ready for its spring; the elusive element of water, present everywhere, which ascends in mist and lies curled in the clouds, falling down upon the earth with lightning and thunder, in the fabulous monster to which human fancy has given the form of the dragon. Another interesting passage from Volker's book... "To see the body of a Dragon in its entirety was thought to expose oneself to certain death, the punishment for looking upon too much divinity: the eating off the tree of knowledge." John I 4 Quote
MauroP Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 The style of Chris tsuba seems more akin to the Higo style. 1 Quote
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