What was this stand made for?

[Marius]

Gents, I rarely buy stuff from eBay, if so, then only accessories. And I bought this one on a whim, actually knowing that no tanto in koshirae can be used with this stand. The seller described it as a stand for kabutowari, jitte, saihai. No tanto will fit, that is sure.

 

What is this?

 

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

 

[Matsunoki]

Marius, I think maybe the seller described it exactly….have a look at Saihai, jitte and Kabutowari on Google…..that’s what I think this may be intended for.

[Marius]

Colin,

 

Thanks, but I doubt that. The recess at the base is a hole of only 8mm. That is not enough to accommodate the butt of a handle of a jitte or kabutowari. A tessen? Maybe...

 

[Bugyotsuji]

What size are we looking at?

 

Just looking at Kotto Bugu Muchi

骨董武具　鞭 - Bing images

[Matsunoki]

9 minutes ago, Marius said:

That is not enough to accommodate the butt of a handle of a jitte or kabutowari. A tessen? Maybe...

Marius…maybe not the handle butt … but maybe the other end..the “tip” thus leaving the handle uppermost? Just thinking out loud (that’s dangerous for me!)

 

[Marius]

Colin, I thought about tachi stands, where the sword is "upside down" with handle resting on the base of the stand.

 

[Matsunoki]

10 minutes ago, Marius said:

Colin, I thought about tachi stands, where the sword is "upside down"

Yes, I understand your thinking….who knows? I considered a stand for a large presentation yanone….the ones with the lovely sukashi work. Do you think maybe the fancy silk tassel was meant to hold something in the stand? Maybe a musical instrument….flute? 

[ROKUJURO]

My impression is that all straight weapons would be positioned quite "bent back" on that KAKE, but I can't see the upper holding fixture properly. Otherwise I thought this might be for a YUMI, maybe a small one. But 8 mm diameter in the lower recess is a bit small for a bow. 

[rematron]

Maybe a display for a presentation arrowhead?

[Marius]

Height: 10.2 in (26 cm)/ Width: 4.8 in (12.1 cm)/ Depth:  6.3 in (16 cm)

 

[Toryu2020]

Boys day display - note the tachi is behind the kabuto yours is the stand for the yumi...

 

-t

[Marius]

Spot on Thomas. Thank you! 

[rematron]

15 minutes ago, Toryu2020 said:

Boys day display - note the tachi is behind the kabuto yours is the stand for the yumi...

 

-t

Ding ding ding! We have a winner! Nice job, @Toryu2020.

[Bugyotsuji]

Yes, I have something similar but not so fancy!

 

[Stephen]

On 9/28/2023 at 3:06 PM, rematron said:

@Toryu2020.

Tom is the man!