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Hi

I have these 2 which i posted a while back under motif/theme

Members gave 2 possibilities

1- Handaka Sonja - 1 of 16 of Budda's apostles who was known for his dragon

2- Sennin Chinnan - the wandering hermit who would thrust his cane into the ground to awaken the dragon to merge up into the sky & open up rain clouds in drought stricken areas

I still don't know which of the 2 ?

Nevertheless they are happily mounted on a pair of blades

Cheers AlanK

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I was trying to figure out if this was only for namban or what, but it looks like it isn't, so...

 

If you've seen my rants at all in the past, you know I've got a lot of my faves posted on youtube or in various formats on the kodogu no sekai facebook page:

 

https://www.facebook.com/Kod%C3%B4gu-no-Sekai-%E5%B0%8F%E9%81%93%E5%85%B7%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-266005023454853/

 

but...

 

One of the great perks of shooting tosogu for people is getting to see some amazing fittings in hand.  Unfortunately the downside of that is that they sometimes become available. Another downside is that often when I'm busy I don't get to shoot my own pieces - this is one of these times :sad:  I finally just gave up on waiting to have a moment to reshoot this and went back to my ol' raw files and picked a couple of out-takes:

 

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Not what I normally collect, but....

 

I'll get to reshoot it eventually... I hope :-/

 

Best,

rkg

(Richard George)

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A tsuba that some of you may find interesting, an old venerable tsuba with some history, a fighting mans tsuba.

 

Iron plate, 2mm thickness at the nakago-ana and 8.5 cm diameter, possibly larger when first made, Circa 1400

 

The tsuba started off with a typical sized blade but then the nakago-ana was opened up to house a different kind of weapon, possibly an armour smashing type of weapon. Later on it again housed a typical sized blade

 

Around1600, the Kogai-ana, shakudo rim and inlay of clouds and dragons was added, possibly gold, good to know someone thought it worth keeping and decorating.

 

Not in the best of condition, but my favourite, still plenty of old remnant lacquer.

 

Edit, pics gone super massive, so condition looks worse than it really is, so tried another  :laughing:

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I have shared this before but there are many new members.. And i do just love this tsuba

It reads:

"Like the bonfires that go swiftly up river with the cormorant fishers on these short nights, how swift the skies of the 6th month".

 

Signed

Nobutoshi Kao

Sanan sato bito (i think)

 

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A really nice tsuba shown in the previous post that I hadn't seen before

 

This is my 'poem' tsuba and has been shown before

I like this one because it took absolutely ages to get translated and was finally done with a NMB member

It is faint in the images

 

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Edit because I forgot to add the translation

 

Tôku nari chikaku narumi no hama chidori naku koe ni michihi o zo shiru   
遠くなりち可久なるみの者ま千鳥 名具音耳満干をぞ志類
The poem goes back to a samurai warrior poet, military tactician, and Buddhist monk Ôta Dôkan (太田道灌), 1432-1486
Prior to a battle Dôkan was sent at night to check the tides, his response are the words on this tsuba:
“The distant and the near cries of the plovers on the beach,  that is how you know about ebb and flow.”
 

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