KungFooey Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 Interesting to see battle damage portrayed on a sword in a wood block print. 3 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 Nice find! And how many arrows does he have sticking out of him?! 1 Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 Broken blades in Musha - e (Warrior) prints are often treated as symbolic of the last stand, or the Nobility of Failure as the late Ivan Morris so eloquently described. The Utagawa group of artists often portrayed examples of swords broken amid a hail of arrows. The various renditions of the The Tales of the Heike, including The Last Stand of the Kusunoki at Shijo Nawate or the exploits of the Soga Brothers are good sources of research for this. 4 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 https://en.m.wikiped...g/wiki/Imai_Kanehira These describe Imai (Shiro) Kanehira 今井兼平 of the print. https://www.japanesewiki.com/person/Kanehira IMAI.html 3 Quote
AndyJP Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 My woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshikazu. The chap in the right panel has picked up a bit of a nail catcher Also note the fella in the left hand panel who seems to be performing an interesting form of attack in the thick of battle... 2 1 Quote
KungFooey Posted February 12 Author Report Posted February 12 13 minutes ago, AndyJP said: My woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshikazu. The chap in the right panel has picked up a bit of a nail catcher Also note the fella in the left hand panel who seems to be performing an interesting form of attack in the thick of battle... Beautiful wood block prints - but I think they may show the first documented record of a zombie apocalypse and the use of samurai swords to stop the walking dead! 😳 1 Quote
Stephen Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 From a previous post we do know they like to exaggerate Quote
KungFooey Posted February 13 Author Report Posted February 13 20 hours ago, Stephen said: From a previous post we do know they like to exaggerate Yep, that's because exaggeration always gets attention - whether for better or worse. That "previous post" (which was highly regrettable) has already garnered 707 views - and climbing daily. A serious thread about calligraphy got 48. Says an awful lot about human nature - both the OP's and the viewers. Nuff said. (Brian if you're going to delete this - as you've already done once today - then please also delete the comment which it replies to. Otherwise it is blatant discrimination and double standards - yet again.) 1 Quote
Stephen Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 1 hour ago, KungFooey said: garnered 707 views - and climbing daily. I'm pretty sure that's because of the title. I posted a print once and I got maybe 30, but when you say what you said, oh yeah everyone going oh I got to see that. That and the Tit for Tat, name calling back n forth, so called dust up. Calling elders old fatrs. What do expect? 1 Quote
KungFooey Posted February 13 Author Report Posted February 13 Anyway...... back to this topic. Do broken/damaged weapons only appear in 'last stand' type ukiyoe or has anyone seen them depicted in other artistically depicted scenarios (polishers working, cutting tests, executions etc)? Probably unlikely but an interesting idea nonetheless. Dee Quote
KungFooey Posted February 13 Author Report Posted February 13 21 hours ago, Bugyotsuji said: https://en.m.wikiped...g/wiki/Imai_Kanehira These describe Imai (Shiro) Kanehira 今井兼平 of the print. https://www.japanesewiki.com/person/Kanehira IMAI.html Thanks Piers! That was both highly informative and an interesting read! Dee 1 Quote
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