what kind of dragon is this?

[rkg]

Hey guys,

 

Since we're probably all stuck at home for a while cowering from the corona virus, you might need a diversion, so...  I have a couple of questions about a piece for you...

 

I only recently started looking for "dragon themed" tsuba, and....  What are your thoughts on this dragon? Is it a specific type, a generic "namban" dragon of some type, or...?

 

 

Oh, and the front if you're interested - is there a unifying theme/legend this piece refers to, or...?

 

 

Thx,

rkg

(Richard George)

 

 

 

 

[goose710]

It looks like one of them over sized salamanders that live in streams in Japan

possible?

Charles 

[vajo]

Looks like a namban dragon. I like it! 

[Nickupero]

Agree with Chris, maybe a slightly different take or artists perception. I like the overall feel a lot!

[Stephen]

i think it would be very comfortable with my dragons

[Ken-Hawaii]

Looks like the gecko I just saved from the cats. Almost the same skin tone, too.

[Ford Hallam]

I'd suggest a Higo work, relatively late, and a stylised rain dragon. That split tail with rounded ends on a 'smooth' dragon is not terribly uncommon, especially on Higo work. 

[Brian]

I always called this sort of dragon a water dragon.

[Guido]

I always called this sort of dragon a water dragon.

 

“I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” 

 

Sorry, but you made it way too easy 

[Bugyotsuji]

The one on the far left is described as an Amaryu (Heaven/Rain Dragon) which may be what we call a water dragon. The concept seems a little wishy washy, though.

With the peasants on that tsuba planting their rice in the paddies, I can imagine that dragon mixed in with the auspicious clouds of the rainy season.

 

https://blog.goo.ne.jp/caneteregardepas/e/0823ad48fc401ae54cbc1d66711f5497