Motif

[Ray Singer]

Can someone here please remind me of this name for this motif, which is very, very commonly seen in tanto and ko-wakizashi koshirae from Meiji through Showa.

 

Kind regards,

Ray

 

[Ian]

I have always known it as castle wall. Don't ask me why ????

[Rich S]

I believe they are Sendai koshirae; sometimes called Ogaki if memory serves (which it seldom does these days).

Doesn't answer your motif question, just thought it might lead to an answer.

Rich

[Ray Singer]

It does, this is exactly the answer I was looking for thank you.

 

Best regards,

Ray

[Rich S]

Ray

 

Did you find what the motif represents?

Rich

[Ray Singer]

Hi Rich,

 

I did not, however it was really 'Sendai koshirae' that was on the tip of my tongue and could not recall. I picked up a piece over the weekend which appears to have been a hamidashi style koshirae of this type, but modified to be carried in the war. My impression is that the original tsuba was removed and a tachi tsuba with silver seppa added in its place.

 

* Please note: the first photo of the bare blade laying on a countertop is not mine, but is was what I received from the seller.

 

[Ray Singer]

Reference to this type of koshirae here

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/11672-inherited-this-tantois-it-real/

[Guest]

Hi Chaps, my Dictionary shows Ōgaki 大垣 as a roofed mud wall surrounding a villa or temple.