Stephen Posted March 14, 2021 Report Posted March 14, 2021 Won the Jakushi 8.4x7.7 I especially like the fleet of ships off in the distance. Deciding factor on going for it. Not the normal Jakushi i think of when looking at ther school. 5 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted March 14, 2021 Report Posted March 14, 2021 Or perhaps JAKUSHI? Congratulations! Quote
Stephen Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Posted March 14, 2021 8 minutes ago, ROKUJURO said: Or perhaps JAKUSHI? Congratulations! I had that somehow it changed from my mistake from beforehand. Quote
Brian Posted March 14, 2021 Report Posted March 14, 2021 Nice looking iron and condition. Not a lot for you to do to that one. Congrats 1 Quote
MauroP Posted March 14, 2021 Report Posted March 14, 2021 Hi Stephen, good catch. I also have a tsuba I've previously tagged as Jakushi (but unsigned), then I found an almost identical one papered as Hizen Kugimoto. Anybody knows relations between Hizen Kugimoto and Jakushi school? 1 Quote
Stephen Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Posted March 14, 2021 Help on FB by James Lancel McElhinney Nice later Jakushi guard. My thoery os that many of those Nanga subjects allude to the arrival from China of Ingen Ryuki, the mentor of Jakushi's painting teacher Shoyu Itsunen, and the founder of Obaku Zen Buddhism. Some of Kawamura Jakushi's paintings bear calligraphy by Ingen Ryuki. Jakushi I was a samurai painter. It seems that Jakushi II was a contemporary of his, a metalworker and thus of lower social status. Shiraki Kizaemon (J2) executed J1's designs. Similar to Yagyu & Kariganeya. J4 (son of J2) stayed into the more commercial realm of macho-bori taste, but the later generations went back to J1 designs. Stephen Christensen Those are from the era of J4; Shiraki Chouemon. The Jakushi atelier seems to have had close ties to the Kiyou-Toujin-Yashiki (Nagasaki Chinatown). J4 stared making Kinai style dragons, with spalshy gold overlay. He also explored more openwork in his designs, which abandined the links with painting. J1 designs are almost all based on paintings. J6-8 went back to the old design-book, but also reproduced painting images, including windswept bamboo, based on Zenga by Kumashiro Yuhi, and traditional J1 Nanga sansui landscapes. Tsuba collectors who only look at tsuba are missing half the story. Many guards are based on paintings, prints and textiles. "Nanako" for example is a specific weave of silk that looks like fish roe. One must study all the arts to understand how tsuba fit into the story. 1 Quote
b.hennick Posted March 15, 2021 Report Posted March 15, 2021 This is the first time that I read the relationship of nanako and silk weave. 2 Quote
Stephen Posted March 17, 2021 Author Report Posted March 17, 2021 DHL. Is off the list....so i went with FedEx. It shipped Monday be here tomorrow. Not to shabby. Quote
Stephen Posted March 18, 2021 Author Report Posted March 18, 2021 Image that. Japanese seller. Glad it's iron! The tsuba in hand is much nicer that sale photos. So happy anyway. 2 1 Quote
Brian Posted March 18, 2021 Report Posted March 18, 2021 Yeah....looks great condition! Did they seriously ship with the tsuba on the post as always? Maybe we need to ask Markus and pay him to do a write-up in Japanese of how not to pack tsuba, that we can send with every purchase to sellers. 2 Quote
vajo Posted March 18, 2021 Report Posted March 18, 2021 I'm a big fan of these tiny small scenes. Btw the patination looks very good too. Nice piece Stephen. I have one with a similar scene. 3 Quote
Stephen Posted March 18, 2021 Author Report Posted March 18, 2021 love it Chris! Wouldn't do any good Brian...i asked buyee to send sellers info....ther like oh no we cant tell sellers what to do. 1 Quote
b.hennick Posted March 18, 2021 Report Posted March 18, 2021 Perhaps you should ask them to not send the box. 1 Quote
Stephen Posted March 18, 2021 Author Report Posted March 18, 2021 Would if i could Barry. Cant contact yahoo seller and as i said buyee wont either...like other i think Buyee is Chinese owned... I guess i couldn't ask buyee to open box thats just more fees. Quote
Stephen Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Posted April 20, 2021 Pleased to announce winning another close to same tsuba. Same school if not same hand. 1 Quote
Stephen Posted April 20, 2021 Author Report Posted April 20, 2021 I won't know until in hand but thinking the mei has/had been dimpled to remove? Quote
Kurikata Posted April 20, 2021 Report Posted April 20, 2021 Good catch Stephen. As a mater of comparison, please find herewith mine. Quote
Greg F Posted April 22, 2021 Report Posted April 22, 2021 I like it Stephen congrats. Here's mine I may have shown you via pm before I bought via Nmb years ago. 1 Quote
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