Grey Doffin Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 Hi guys, If one of you would give me this book's title in Romanji I'd be most appreciative. I know it begins with Sunpu and I can decipher the individual Kanji but can't seem to make sense of it. The book will be for sale, if that matters to you. Thanks, Grey Quote
cabowen Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 駿府御分物刀剣と戦国武将画像 sunpu gobunbutsu token to sengoku busho gazo Quote
NihontoEurope Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 Grey, Images of Samurai Swords from the warring state period. Best I can do...There is probably a more exact translation since this is a commercial book. /Martin Quote
cabowen Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 Grey, Images of Samurai Swords from the warring state period. Best I can do...There is probably a more exact translation since this is a commercial book. /Martin Maybe "Images of Swords and Warriors of Sunpu from the Warring States Period".... Quote
NihontoEurope Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 I'm hitting the Like button. /Martin Quote
Markus Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 "Sunpu-owakemono" (駿府御分物) refers to the estate of Tokugawa Ieyasu. That means the correct title is: "Swords from the Estate of Ieyasu and Portraits of Sengoku Warlords" Quote
John A Stuart Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 Markus, a little clarification please. In Surugu, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a hostage of the Imagawa clan as a boy. Tokugawa Yorinobu and Tadanaga became lords of Sunpu. Does the book only refer to Ieyasu alone or the Tokugawa clan as a whole? John Quote
cabowen Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 My understand is that 駿府御分物 are items owned directly by Ieyasu and passed down after his death. For example, there is a catalog "家康の遺産 : 駿府御分物 Ieyasu no isan : Sunpu owakemono-"The Legacy of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the First Shogun", published by the Tokugawa Bijutuskan and the Tokugawa Hakubutsukan... Quote
Markus Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 @John: Chris mentioned it. The term refers to the things Ieyasu owned at the time he had retired and moved into Sunpu Castle. Quote
John A Stuart Posted March 2, 2013 Report Posted March 2, 2013 Thank you both. I just wondered how it was so specific. John Quote
k morita Posted March 3, 2013 Report Posted March 3, 2013 Many Meibutsu-swords were contained in The Legacy of Tokugawa Ieyasu. So we can know,Iyeyasu's meibutsu-swords was transferred to which daimyo by the original list of "Sunpu Owakemono cho". Quote
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