kusunokimasahige Posted July 24, 2007 Report Posted July 24, 2007 Well, nothing to do with Nihonto but a lot to do with Japan and the Samurai era... In almost every Samurai film i have seen there is always one sound, apart from the cicades, which strikes me.... the sound of a bird...... its always the same sound, in every movie i see... Does anyone know which bird that is ? since i have NEVER heard that bird anywhere else than in these Japanese movies.... hope you can help me out here.. wish i had an audio clip, but i havent... KM Quote
Strider Posted July 24, 2007 Report Posted July 24, 2007 Red crowned crane perhaps? Very important bird in Japan I understand. Just my two cents worth Scott Quote
Ichi Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 agreed with Bungo for the first time :D It's a hawk. During the peaceful Edo period many daimiyos conducted wildgame huntings using hawks. It's called taka gari and was used for training retainers to make them battle ready. I think perhaps this bird singing image gave abstract concept on some samurai flicks. Just an opinion. Quote
Bungo Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 http://www.esnips.com/web/sujikabutosPhotos many hawk paintings pics if you are into that sort of thing like me................... milt the ronin Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Posted July 25, 2007 it might be, i dont know yet... it doesnt sound like a hawk to me.... i will try and extract the sound and post a link........ KM Quote
Nobody Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 Although I do not know the specific sound you mentioned, the followings are general ideas. They can be commonly heard in films. lark, kite, warbler, owl, chiken, sparrow, crow,......... Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Posted July 25, 2007 Here is the sound, I extracted it from the scene in Chushingura, where lord Asano returns home and his wife is playing in the garden.. as soon as the playing stops, you'll hear the bird i am wondering about... http://www.ashikaga.nl/bird.mp3 KM Quote
Ichi Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 it"s a hototogisu ! Lesser Cuckoo in your language Quote
Steve Waszak Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 I heard that bird often when I lived in Kamakura. It is a bird of the summer, rather than the Spring (as I recall). Kurosawa often used this bird call in his films... When I asked Japanese friends what sort of bird made that call, I was told it was an uguisu (the Japanese bush warbler). Steve Quote
Bungo Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&i ... ages&gbv=2 agree with Ichi the first time......... pics of that bird. milt the ronin Quote
Bungo Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&i ... ages&gbv=2 hard to imagine that tiny critter made such a loud chirp unless Harry potter cast a sonorus spell on it. milt the ronin Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Posted July 25, 2007 COOL!!!!!!!!! now i finally know! LoL TYVM!! i love that chirp! KM Quote
Brian Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 Before anyone has a chance to say it themselves... Is the forum going to the birds? Back to swords now folks Brian Quote
Jon Fury Posted July 25, 2007 Report Posted July 25, 2007 I was hoping that it may have been a Kogarasu Maru. :lol: That's this thread locked,I guess. Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Posted July 25, 2007 you mean: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... suMaru.jpg this little crow!! (how funny!! we are back on the sword theme again!) KM Quote
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