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Shachi - Dragon Fish


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Here I go- slightly off topic again-

Wouldn't the Japanese (Chinese too) have had fun with a theme incorporating 'snapping turtles', 'alligator snapping turtles' and so on.

If only they had been an Asian reptile and known to them- you could imagine they would have been on tsuba, other tosogu,  illustrated in books, statues and so on, everywhere.

Roger j

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Aaaaand another Shachi, this one on a tsuba a friend brought for a showing one day.

BaZZa.

 

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Shachi tsuba front

 

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Shachi tsuba back

 

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Shachi tsuba back closeup

 

80mm wide, 86mm high, rim thickness 6.3mm, seppai dai thickness 4.0mm.

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That is a fine big shachi tsuba BaZZa , all 88 x 80 mm of it.

Nicely chiseled dragon and dragon fish, clouds, plus the gold 'jewel'.

And forged, chiseled and NOT cast.

Condition down a bit as so many tsuba are prior to an application of 'love and affection'.

A great example.

Roger j

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I would be interested in the opinion of whether these are Shiachi or just dragons?

The image is from Louis Gonse's book  "L'art Japonais"  (1883)  and appeared later in "The Sword of Japan and it's Ornaments" by the Countess Annie De Montaigu (1895) The guard is described as 'Silver-Bronze, Dragons Affronté: by Seidouzi'   [Seidzu?]

 

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Looks like the exact same guard Dale posted, relisted three years later by an online dealer. Cleaned up beautifully, but a much higher price this time (10x :shock:)

I wonder how many times it changed hands from 2019 to 2022.

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Would you believe two of these going at once? This one is described as "Showa Retro Shachihoko? 1968 Taito-ku Kendo inscription tie clip"

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/398876473

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It looks to be in better condition. What would be the chances of two tie-pins from the one 1968 Kendo tournament selling at the same time? [What would be the chances of me finding them to fit in this thread? :doh:]

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