Tracking the fashion of fittings over time

[dakary]

Hi everybody,

I imagine, and of course I might be mistaken, is that certain kinds of fittings were popular at different time periods. For example, particular themes symmetries, etc. might have falling out of fashion, seen revivals, etc. (maybe people in a particular decade, for example, really liked symmetrical fittings, while in another they liked asymmetrical ones? Maybe for a while people liked tigers, then that fell out of fashion for cranes? etc.) Is it possible to summarize of perhaps check databases of examples based on time? I'm mainly interested in the earlier Sengoku period (first half-ish). I wonder if the fittings here were more simple and utilitarian in general than periods with less turmoil. But I haven't got a clue.

Thanks!

Dan

[Steves87]

There is definitely something out there like this, it was posted on this forum around 2019 and was an historical publication of some kind. If I remember correctly it listed the top schools for the period (maybe 1910's?) And I'm pretty sure namban was near the top. 

It will be a big search if nobody else remembers it, but I'll give it a go

[Grey Doffin]

Perhaps: Zuikan Toso no Subete.

https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/book/sword-books/b351-zuikan-toso-no-subete-by-kokubo-kenichi/

Grey

[Steves87]

Could be this thread I am thinking about, but I am sure I have seen an English conversion of the linked Sesko document 

 

 

[dakary]

Thanks for the response! So I guess what I am looking for is something like a picture database whereby I could punch in a time period and get images of various fittings...is there something like this?