Big('s) Discoveries

[BIG]

Hi Tom, if you do not recognize your old friend, me eather...?

 

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PS may be you can share some older pics..

[Tom Darling]

Hi Peter,

 

Maybe someone knows him as well?

 

Thank you.

 

Tom D.

[BIG]

Peace..

 

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[BIG]

Dojo etiquette lesson..

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7c6XRwioGdQ

 

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[BIG]

Return of Japanese WW ll artifacts..

 

https://www.chicago.us.emb-Japan.go.jp/About/Guidelines_for_Artifacts.pdf

 

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[BIG]

Toshio Hosokawa...Sakura and shô

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9vBYZCq0ETs

 

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[BIG]

Tawara Toda scrolls...

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NYYrgecF-5Q

 

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[BIG]

Chester Beatty Digital Collections..first Toda scroll

 

https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/object/J_1164_1/15/LOG_0000/

 

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[BIG]

Last one..the Restorient studio

 

https://www.restorient.com

 

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[TETSUGENDO]

Thanks for the enjoyable journey Peter, lovely!  Also, the Restorient studio does extremely fine work...a great asset for those in need of museum grade  conservation.   Excellent!

 

Cheers,

    -S-

[Ken-Hawaii]

That is one serious scroll! Yes, beautiful restoration work.

[BIG]

Personal seals loose ground..

 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/09/business/corporate-business/personal-seals-lose-ground-big-Japanese-banks-stop-using-1800s-technology/#.XWIMDOvuKK0

 

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Well, I'm still not throwing my hanko away. Saves me lots of time while I'm in Japan. But it's sad, in a way, that so many of the old, hand-made items are disappearing from Japanese life.

[b.hennick]

I have a collection of them. I thought that the carving was good and they were relatively inexpensive.

[TETSUGENDO]

I agree, reading the article filled me with sadness too, at least they will be around a bit longer and will probably survive for ceremonial/official usage as will the following item.   I've included a picture of the European counterpart, once an essential part of daily life, a mechanical wax letter seal.

-S-

 

Gilt bronze and cut steel, 1st quarter 19th century.

French or German with Austro-Hungarian royal cypher.

[Vermithrax16]

Has to be a market for intact wax seal documents, no?  Would love to see one all intact.

[TETSUGENDO]

Yes, people collect both sealed documents and the wax seal impressions as well.

 

-S-

[BIG]

GOO blog..

 

https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/d52838932eca2a60364510b85630491a

 

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[BIG]

Nihonto collector passed away..

 

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190827/p2g/00m/0bu/028000c

 

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[BIG]

Preparing the DTI..

 

http://www.touken-matsumoto.jp/eng/blog/

 

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[BIG]

The caste of untouchables

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34615972

 

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[TETSUGENDO]

It's a shame, that behind Japans glittering modern facade, age old prejudices are active and encouraged.      You'd think an enlightened government would make an effort to discourage this.

 

-S-

[Ken-Hawaii]

Quite an eye-opener. I'd heard about  this caste, but figured that it was long in the past.

[BIG]

Int. Morgan Pitelka blog..

 

https://spectacularaccumulation.com/1616

 

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[BIG]

Tanegashima Teppo Matsuri

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ikAPP3AqF4

 

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[BIG]

Markus article "Destructive swordtests" protagonists Taikei Naotane and Yamaura Saneo..

 

a bad feeling about destroying blades, please read also Chris Bowen's comment..

 

https://markussesko.com/2019/08/27/destructive-sword-testing/

 

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[BIG]

INTK Italia, Italia..watch out a Naotane den tanto..

 

http://www.intk-token.it/category/articoli/

 

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[BIG]

RWC coming soon..

 

https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/video/439344

 

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[BIG]

Miracle in Japan?

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fc_sionj_1A

 

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[TETSUGENDO]

RWC coming soon..

 

https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/video/439344

 

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 -S-