Ken-Hawaii Posted March 22, 2020 Report Posted March 22, 2020 It sort of looks like small plants, maybe bean sprouts, but I really have no idea. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 22, 2020 Report Posted March 22, 2020 Haha, good puzzle, Ken. Loving the Amida Yasuri, btw. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 22, 2020 Report Posted March 22, 2020 Ken, just throwing this in, but these in the photo are are baby aoi cotyledons, futaba-aoi. Tokugawa beginnings........? From halfway down this page: https://botanicaljapan.com/344.html Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 It does look sort of like that, Piers, but I don't understand "Tokugawa beginnings." This is an eBay tsuba, by the way, but one I was thnking of bidding on. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 22, 2020 Report Posted March 22, 2020 The Tokugawa used the Aoi Mon, Ken, so to show young sprouts could be a suggestion of how the Tokugawa family found its roots, went way back in Bushi history...? Or an aspiration for a young heart to grow up into a Tokugawa (aoi) supporter? How large is this tsuba? Actually your spouts show an indentation on both sides, so I am even less certain now. Even Daikon cotyledons look closer. Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 It's 7.3 cm, Piers. Does size matter (no pun intended)? Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 22, 2020 Report Posted March 22, 2020 Ah, not small then! Sometimes a tsuba on a Chigo blade will show such symbolism. I saw one with acorns on it the other day, suggesting/hoping that the young bearer would one day be an oak tree. (or an upstanding member of the Makino or Yamauchi, or some such family using an oak-leaf Mon.) Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 Chigo, like a boy's blade? 1 Quote
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