Bugyotsuji Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 Agreed. I know that Baku are (bad) dream eaters, but what's the connection with the 鋤 suki spade? (Nice find!) 1 Quote
lonely panet Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 thought it was a elephant, i have bought from this dealer before. read and look very hard is all i can say Quote
Scogg Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 Not sure if I’m seeing this correctly, but it looks like the tongue moves 3 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 The NBTHK paperwork says it's an elephant, but the Baku is very similar in many aspects and easily mistaken, so no great surprise. The surprise for me was how quickly Brian spotted it! The Suki as it states on the kantei-sho, is a spade, or a kind of hand-plough. I nearly bought one at the antiques fair the other day. Made of wood, the blade edge has a typical iron surround. It is said that 'sukiyaki' was first made in early Edo by placing meat on one of these and cooking it not in the sacred kitchen but in the outside fire hole for the bath. 鋤 イラスト - 検索 画像 (Possibly the fuchi and kashira were not part of the same set originally.) 3 Quote
Brian Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 You'll see far more Baku than elephant on Japanese tosogu. That's why every time I see something resembling an elephant, I think Baku before elephant. In this case, I'm fairly certain it's the former. 2 Quote
Curran Posted February 23 Report Posted February 23 @KungFooey glad someone else noticed this tsuka. As an aside: In addition to the kashira, the menuki are Goto style Sambaso dancers. Without looking closer, I couldn't say Goto or what generation. 1 Quote
KungFooey Posted February 23 Author Report Posted February 23 1 hour ago, Curran said: @KungFooey glad someone else noticed this tsuka. As an aside: In addition to the kashira, the menuki are Goto style Sambaso dancers. Without looking closer, I couldn't say Goto or what generation. I always haunt Yahoo, Curran - and, if I see something unusual, I'll post it here. I was actually looking into a gunto dealer@Stephen asked about when I came across this. Dee Quote
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