Wooden Barrel Origin

[Toyokuni_62]

Ger Hoogewey

The Netherlands / The Hague

 

I have a wooden barrel and I can't figure out the origin

 

There are some kanji on the outside.

 

 

Diameter 68 cm / high 41

 

Regards

Ger

[Grey Doffin]

Hi,

I don't know the answers to your questions but as a woodworker I noticed something about the barrel that I find amazing. The spot on the circumference where the staves switch from vertical to an outward flare: the wood hasn't been cut to this profile; it has been bent, To make this sharp a bend without breaking the fibers shows remarkable skill and understanding of wood. The maker of this barrel should stand up and take a bow.

Grey

[Brian]

I think it is beautiful. Didn't know I had a thing for wooden barrels/buckets/drums...until now.

Lovely craftsmanship and patina.

 

Brian

[Baka Gaijin]

Morning Brian

 

Here's something for the Barrel aficionado ..........

 

http://www.misorecipes.net/miso-article ... so/page/5/

 

Pip Pip

[Henry Wilson]

The first knaji I cannot find. The other three might be these;

 

餘

瑞

裘

[Baka Gaijin]

Morning Henry

 

My translation skills are not so good, I get:

 

餘

On: あまる (amaru)

Kun: よ (yo)

 

瑞

On: ずい (zui)

Kun: しるし (shirushi), みず (mizu)

 

裘

On: きゅう (kyū)

Kun: かわごろも (kawagoromo)

 

That's assuming it's of Japanese origin.

 

Pip Pip

[Henry Wilson]

Hi Malcolm

 

I am pretty sure it is Japanese and your readings seem to be correct for the kanji, however I could be wrong in identifying them. I would like to know for sure.

 

Eloquently put, I have a feeling it was barrel used for treating some sort of garment material.

 

BTW what is Pip Pip?

[k morita]

First impression,this tub is made in Korea.

[Henry Wilson]

Interesting. What makes you think so?

 

by the way, can you read the kanji? How have Malcolm and I done?

[Baka Gaijin]

Henry wrote:

 

BTW what is Pip Pip?

 

Well Henry, it's a part quote from P.G. Wodehouse as far as I know, the full phrase is:

 

"Pip Pip Cheerio and all that Rot...."

 

Cheers being the diminutive.....as is used by many on NMB

 

The 20th Century British Artist Francis Bacon often used this version:

 

"Champagne for my real friends

Real pain for my sham friends...Cheerio!"

 

T.T.F.N. :lol:

[Nobody]

It might be Chinese origin.

 

FYI: Chinese bucket

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/naja-naja/naja00921/

[Geraint]

the wood hasn't been cut to this profile; it has been bent, To make this sharp a bend without breaking the fibers shows remarkable skill and understanding of wood. The maker of this barrel should stand up and take a bow.

Grey

 

Couldn't agree more that the maker should take his bow but not so sure about the bending of the staves. Looking at the ones either side of the ones with the kanji the grain reversal would indicate the cutting from solid rather than a bend , don't you think? Imagine a piece of timber with a valley carved into it at that point, pretty much what we are seeing here I think.

 

Just goes to show we can manage to create a debate about almost anything here!

 

Cheers

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Geraint,

Perhaps, but I would expect a larger disruption of grain than just reversal if the shape were cut. I'd also expect the staves would be quite weak from short grain if they were cut. Maybe we're seeing a combination of the 2 methods: bent most of the way and cut or planed the rest. Nice work in any case.

Grey