Tachi fastening/wearing

[O koumori]

Does anyone have a diagram or explanation of how ancient tachi (not WWII) were worn, specifically, how the tachi no o was tied to fasten the ashi to the obi?

Thanks,

Dan K

[ChrisW]

This is the best I could find at a cursory glance:

https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/dictio/kinkou/katana.html

 

Also found this:

[O koumori]

Thanks Chris!

Dan K

[IanB]

Dan, The diagrams above are from Garbutt's treatise on armour and are really showing how a katana can be worn as a tachi. A real tachi has the two metal hangers, ashi, through which are leather loops (or in one case chains) through which the sageo passes. In Gunyoki, there is an illustration that shows that the sageo was not tied around the waist, but used to tie the tachi to the ordinary obi or sash. 

Ian Bottomley

 

[O koumori]

Ian,

Thank you! I was wondering why there were no ashi in the illustrated blades above.

 

I've been specifically searching for how a tachi sageo would have been knotted to the obi. I've checked numerous sources, including your Arms and Armor of the Samurai, with little success.

 

Unfortunately, Gunyoki is economically beyond my reach

 

Thanks again,

Dan K

[IanB]

Dan,  I will photograph the page once my camera battery is charged.

Ian

 

[IanB]

Dan,  This is the image from Gunyoki:

Ian

[O koumori]

Ian,

Thank you very much!

Just what I was looking for.

Regards,

Dan

[ChrisW]

Going to wear your tachi to our next ITK meeting Dan?

[O koumori]

Chris,

No, I don't think so...might raise a few eyebrows at the public library!

I was just curious how they were worn. I'm familiar with how to wear daisho from Iai training, but not tachi. Just curious more than anything; I'd not seen it explained before.

It's interesting that Gunyoki shows what I presume to be a tsurumaki as being also attached along with the tachi.

Dan

[Baka Gaijin]

The following is a bit stage style, but should give you the general idea of how Tachi are worn:

 

This is not real Armour, but modern repro.

 

 

[O koumori]

Quite Interesting!

Thank you Malcolm.

Dan