b.hennick Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 HELP! I am working on Guido Schiller's wonderful article on jichu no hataraki - activities in the ji and or shinogi-ji. My aim is to find photos that I can use to illustrate the article. I thought that this would be an easy task. Looking at my own collection of photos was disappointing. What I am asking for is photos that I can use to illustrate the terms. I have a list below of terms mentioned in the article. The article will be submitted to the JSSUS Newsletter. If you have images that I can use or if you source images that I can ask permission to use please PM me. I put the terms in alpja order. Here is the list 1. 1. Ara-Nie 2. Bō-Utsuri 3. Chikei 4. Chōji utsuri 5. Ginsuji 6. Hadaka-Nie 7. Hajimi 8. Inazuma 9. Jizukare 10. Ji-Nie 11. Kage Utsuri 12. Kazunoko Nie 13. Kinsuji 14. Ko-Nie 15. Kuro Utsuri 16. Midare-Utsuri 17. Mizukage 18. Muneyaki 19. Nie 20. Nioi 21. Ō-Nie 22. Saka-Chōji Utsuri 23. Shirajimi 24. Shirake Utsuri 25. Sumigane 26. Tobiyaki 27. Utsuri 28. Yakiotoshi 29. Yubashiri I hope to be able to add to the article "With help from friends on the Nihonto Message Board". Quote
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 I *think* Ted/Keith have a good one on Aranie. I've posted it once but guess you need permission for publishing. Quote
Jean Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Obviously, between Darcy, Moses, Dany,, you can find a lot of pictures matching your list Quote
Brian Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 Guys, I'd LOVE to see us help with this project..seems especially useful and appropriate too. If anyone has any pics that can help..please do send them on. Perhaps Barry can edit the post as he receives pics and update us with what he still needs. I'll sticky this post for a while too, in case it helps. Brian Quote
loiner1965 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 i thik if barry would agree and of course you brian this studypiece would be great as a sticky when completed Quote
b.hennick Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Posted March 11, 2009 Hello: My aim as stated is to add to Guido's wonderful article. The result will be published in the JSSUS Newsletter. If Guido agrees I see no reason not to also publish it here. I will have to remove colour from the JSSUS article and use smaller images but here we could use larger images. It is difficult at least more difficult than I expected to source images. I appreciate the help I am getting. Images can be sent directly to me at barry@hennick.ca I also check PMs as they arrive. Thanks again. Quote
loiner1965 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 this as a sticky would be gratefully received by beginners like me and also more advanced nihonto fans as we often read about flaws / characteristics on blades but do not know what they look like. Quote
Guido Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 I sent Barry a revised version that includes Chikei, Utsuri and some other stuff - however, since he's the editor, blame him if you don't like the result :lol:. It's meant for publication in the JSS/US Newsletter, but I wanted to suggest anyhow that it's also made available online on NMB. Quote
roninjje Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 don't worry too much about image size as I can adjust those as needed for the Newsletter. John Quote
Eric H Posted March 14, 2009 Report Posted March 14, 2009 Flashing INAZUMA, 5.9 cm long, in the yakiba of one of my swords. Difficult to photograph. Eric Quote
nihonto1001 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 Barry, Here is a picture of shirake utsuri on a Muromachi Mino blade. Jon Quote
b.hennick Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Posted April 15, 2009 Thank you to all who helped with this project. It is great when a thread or post on the Messageboard can be turned into an article for publishing in the JSSUS Newsletter. After the article is published I will post it and the little quiz created based on photos of Jichū no Hataraki 地中の働き It is very difficult to find good photos of Japanese swords. It is even more difficult to find good photos of hataraki. There is no short cut to learning about these things. One needs to hold good swords and to have features explained by a knowledgeable collector. I encourage all of you to come to a sword show, to get together in informal groups and share your knowledge and your blades. When someone looks at one of your swords ask him/her to describe what they see. If they see a feature that you do not recognize ask them to point it out and explain it to you. That is the way to learn. This hobby of ours is hard work. It is not black and white. Time, effort, books, Internet, Newsgroups only take you so far. To go further you actually need to hold and study a sword. Finally, I had some time off work and used that time to do a full size oshigata of a recent acquisition. It is only when doing a oshigata like that that you look at every centimeter of the blade and look for features. Try it you might be amazed by what you see. Quote
Clive Sinclaire Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 Gentlemen I am pleased that Barry made that statement regarding oshigata as it is absolutely true. I take some pleasure in that if you spend an hour on the boshi for instance, when you return the blade to the owner, you may know more about his sword than he does. Also it is possible for anyone to draw oshigata, all you need ideally is a sword with a reasonable polish, patience and some simple tools and the result is both very educational and satisfying. Have a go! Clive Quote
loui Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 Hi Barry, you are welcome to anything off my site if you like. http://www.japaneseswordcollector.com If you dig a little I am sure there are some useful pictures on there. Regards, Louis Quote
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