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What are unusual or rare subjects for menuki?

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Ford Hallam
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I don't think turtles are a particularly rare subject for menuki really. Penguins, on the other hand, are never seen :D

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So Cute!!  

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Reinhard, are what appears to these eyes as menuki of chickens wearing peacock feathers, signed?, attributed?, authenticated?, as being genuine Teijo work? Just curious.

 

Bet you a :beer: they are ;)

 

Let's not get ugly considering what has just happened in Japan. I can still feel the after shocks...

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Reinhard, are what appears to these eyes as menuki of chickens wearing peacock feathers, signed?, attributed?, authenticated?, as being genuine Teijo work? Just curious.

 

These menuki were shown during a special exhibition in Atsuta Jingu in 1994 together with some of the finest examples of Tosogu.

Like I said: The pics in the catalogue are not very good and cropping didn't do them a favour. Pic is just to illustrate there are peacock menuki. It was a common design especially in the Ishiguro school.

 

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Well I can see the way to go here is to say something is rare and then watch as all the photos come out!

I confess I am not much of a kodogu guy but in all the years I have been looking at this stuff I do not recall seeing any peacocks. Ho-o birds yes but no peacocks, now I have seen a lifetimes worth.

 

I wonder Hilik or anyone else if there are photos of "Kakeya Rangaku" out there besides the set I posted earlier or that which may be found in the Futokoromono book?

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Labelled as Kakeya Rangaku -

Which I would translate as "wood-mallet rangaku" or wood-mallet and fence or a fence of wooden mallets? Not sure exactly but I like the idea of a pile of stakes and mallets as a barricade. A Rangaku btw is a type of castle defense, a barricade made by driving stakes into the bottom of a shallow moat and then tying a stout rope to them in a random pattern. Meant to trip up men and horses as they assault the castle walls.

 

While I appreciate Goto artistry, I have never much cared for their works mostly because of their subject choices. However when I saw this set I fell in love with it because of the unusual subject and the deep black of the shakudo. (sorry the photos do not do them justice)

 

I was only able to find one other depiction of this subject and it too was early Goto work. Hows this for rare?

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