Cicadageddon

[Mark S.]

In honor of the upcoming cicada invasion (labeled “cicadageddon” because both the 17 and 13 year broods are hatching at same time) in the Midwest, the fact that I am a certified arborist, and also the City Forester for a municipality in the Chicagoland area, I purchased the attached tsuba at the recent Chicago Sword Show and menuki off EBay. Collections are created for all different reasons…

[1kinko]

Utsushi

[Bugyotsuji]

These are not too common! Interesting.

 

Somewhere I have a very old pair of iron 蝉 (semi) cicada menuki, with remains of zogan, but the features are largely rusted away. Will add them here if I can remember.

[Steves87]

I really like the wood patterning on that, congratulations on your acquisition. I don't really know anything about cicada, but I came across this one yesterday.

https://www.ebay.com...r=artemis&media=COPY

[Andi B.]

Evening Cicada / Higurashi 蜩

 

 

 

[Mantis dude]

Ojime (bead)

[Spartancrest]

  https://www.agsa.sa....trailing-vine/27428/

 

https://www.giuseppe...uba-tansuishi-sankei   image copyright

 

 

    https://www.pinteres.../464855992764804281/       

 

 

     https://art.thewalte...des-5112271-5112275/

 

 

 

http://jameelcentre....nd/1797/object/21509

 

 

[Mark S.]

Ooooohhhhhh…. 

[Curran]

IN honor of Cicadageddon and respects to Mark, I saw this one for Sale.

https://www.kusanaginosya.com/SHOP/74.html

 

"Nara ?-masa saku"

Being likely a Nara artist, I am sure the suaka is a nice deep color.

 

[Spartancrest]

 Two from a Swedish Museum site.  Formerly from Didrik Bildt Collection around 1914.

    The maru one Signed: Yoshisumi.   The other Signed: Miöchin [Myōchin] Kino Munesuke. The one on the right From a different Swedish museum. : Gift of the Friends of the National Museum to NM [Nationalmusei Vänner]1912, The item comes from Oscar Björck's private collection. Wrongly described as a Wasp.

 

 

   Some menuki at a sale https://www.jauce.com/auction/p1125992196

Edited June 19 by Spartancrest
Last minute auction image

[Bugyotsuji]

Menuki

Iron, heavily rusted, traces of shinchū zōgan.

 

[Spartancrest]

    https://www.jauce.com/auction/s1141417672  Solid Gold! and no doubt worth every cent.  

[Spartancrest]

   https://www.nihontoc.../Ko_Goto_Kozuka.html

 

And a blast from the past Helen Gunsaulus "Japanese sword-mounts in the collection of Field Museum" 1923

 

[Spartancrest]

A nice katamenuki - Cicada nymph  https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1141663851