Unusal Habaki

[RobertM]

What do you make of this?

[Brian]

What do you make of this?

Well...from the first pic..iirc, you make mochi.

Hmm..looks like an artist using his talents on the habaki too. See it sometimes, although not this particular rendering. Anyone got the translation of the mei? Might be a modern habaki maker.

 

Brian

[Grey Doffin]

A 3 legged bird?

Grey

[Brian]

Must be the painkillers. I think I only saw 2. Well spotted Grey

Ah..there you go. http://crowcentric.blogspot.com/2008/10 ... -crow.html

Who knew?

Yata Garasu is the bird of the sun goddess Amaterasu which appears in the Japanese ancient document called the Kojiki. It is written, that Yata Garasu was called upon to choke a beast which was attempting to devour the sun.

This famous crow with three feet is believed to have guided the Emperor Jinmu from Kumano to Yamato, (Nara.)

This bronze statue of Yata Garasu can be found at the Kumano Gongen shrine.

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-legged_bird and http://forum.onemanga.com/showthread.php?t=34205

 

Brian

[John A Stuart]

Or a nasty rear end collision. john

[Ford Hallam]

The 3 legged crow is also associated with certain schools of fencing and esoteric ( Mikkyo ) Buddhism. It's late now but I 'll see what details I can add from my books in the morning.

 

regards,

 

Ford

[Ted Tenold]

Forget the legs on the pigeon...Look at the biceps on that rabbit! He's got some guns! That's what pounding Mochi will do for ya. :lol:

 

Very unusual piece. Signed habaki are rare. I think from a technical standpoint of a foil covered habaki, this might be quite a bit more difficult piece to make.

[sencho]

When Japanese people look at the moon they see a rabbit pounding mochi.... I think...

 

Sun and Moon theme???

 

cheers!

 

 

edit..... yep here it is.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit

[Stephen]

always been fond of telling Westerners that in the East they see a rabbit in the moon instead of a man.

In remembrance to Paul Harvey......the rest of the story.

 

The reason why a rabbit is on the moon is described in the Buddhist story "Śaśajâtaka", where a monkey, an otter, a jackal, and a rabbit were friends. Together they resolved to practice charity on the Uposatha day (the day of fast), that was to occur on the following day. In the tradition it was believed that one who stood fast in moral practice and alms-giving on that day would earn a great reward. When an old man begged for food, the monkey was able to gather fruits from the trees, the otter was able to gather dead fish from the river bank, the jackal wrongfully pilfered a lizard and a pot of milk-curd from somebody’s house. The rabbit, wanting to offer something acceptable to the man, was only able to gather grass, and therefore offered its own body instead, and threw itself into a fire that the man built. The rabbit however did not get burned. The old man then revealed himself to be Śakra, and being touched by the rabbit's virtue, drew a picture of the rabbit on the moon to be visible to all. It is said that the smoke-like substance surrounding the lunar image is the smoke that rose when the rabbit cast itself into the fire.

 

This story can be found in the Konjaku Monogatarishū, a Japanese collection of tales from India, China, and Japan. In this version, however, the rabbit's friends are a fox and a monkey.

[Henry Wilson]

You can call me "tripod" if you like!!!

[DirkO]

If I'm not mistaken, this habaki is for sale on the site of collectorsloot. I've tried to find the exact page, but was unable to :-)

[Ford Hallam]

Here you go; link to collectors loot page. It's about half way down the page so if you hurry you might be able to make it yours :D

[Stephen]

seen another habaki with bats and a star sign this AM, not a bad price for mid level stater blade also, a Kanemoto. anyone know the star pattern?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26ps%3D35

[John A Stuart]

Ursa major, Stephen. John

[John A Stuart]

In modern astronomy I think it is Oguma or Hokutoshichisei, however on old charts found in kofun and based on Chinese astrology this constellation is somewhat different. The constellation lacked the handle of the dipper the west saw, but, the four stars at the end formed a dipper or measure in the East, called Hikitsu Boshi. I think, John