Great samurai picture

[xxlotus8xx]

Not sure if anyone saw or posted this yet..But here ya go.

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Enjoy.

[IanB]

It must have been wonderful to see some of these sights. I cherish a quotation from Algernon Mitford (Lord Redesdale) who was present when the last Shogun entered Osaka Castle for the final time. Mitford describes how the Shogun was accompanied by troops in modern uniforms carrying modern guns, but also notes that there were:

... warriors dressed in the old armour of the country, carrying spears, bows and arrows, falchions curiously shaped, with sword and dirk, who looked as if they had stepped out of some old pictures of the Genpei Wars in the Middle Ages. Their jinbaori, not unlike herald's tabards, were as many-coloured as Joseph's coat. Hideous masks of lacquer and iron, fringed with portentous whiskers and mustachios, crested helmets with wigs from which long streamers of horsehair floated to their waists, might strike terror into any enemy. They looked like the hobgoblins of a nightmare.

Ian Bottomley

[estcrh]

Great pictures and a great quote..that was an amazing time...

[Bugyotsuji]

Agreed. What a mental picture!

[Gregc]

Nice link. Thanks!

Greg C

[estcrh]

I dont know if this ones been posted here but I do not remember seeing it.

[Russell P]

Eric H picture 21 - Unknown

Ray Allen link - 1 minute 41 seconds

Tells a story don't you think

Russell

[estcrh]

Eric H picture 21 - Unknown

Ray Allen link - 1 minute 41 seconds

Tells a story don't you think

Russell

Good eyes, a very interesting set of pictures, the picture I posted was in that mix also already.

[Russell P]

Eric

 

I found another in the series

 

http://katsublog.wordpress.com/2009/04/ ... i-sepukku/

 

Russell

 

Edit I also found this about the same set of pictures : Caption: A staged version of the Japanese ritual suicide known as Seppuku or Hara-Kiri, circa 1885. The warrior in white plunges a knife into his belly, while his second stands behind him, ready to perform the decapitation. (Photo by Sean Sexton/Getty Images)

[cisco-san]

I have also a nice photo - but unfortunately I don´t know any more where I found it :?

[estcrh]

Klaus, native american with a samurai sword?? Now thats a strange picture.

[Stephen]

not a true samurai sword, rather a Kai gunto

[estcrh]

Steven, assuming that the picture is as old as it looks would a kai gunto have been made yet, whats the earliest that would have been?

[Nobody]

re: native american

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4408&p=33520&hilit=native+american#p33520

[xxlotus8xx]

Klaus, native american with a samurai sword?? Now thats a strange picture.

Now thats COOL!

[Wickstrom]

I always love these old hand-colored photos. There are a couple of those firefighter's helmets similar to the ones in this picture for sale on ebay at the moment for a relatively low price if anyone is interested.

 

Yoroshiku,

[Brian]

Moriyama san,

You have a great memory

I thought I recognized that photo. I wonder if anyone ever came up with his name?

 

Brian

[Wickstrom]

Klaus, native american with a samurai sword?? Now thats a strange picture.

 

 

Maybe that Native American got it from a British trader coming to America. Or possibly bought it from a white officer (American,French?) coming back from Japan when they were helping Japan westernize their armies? It might seem a bit far fetched but how else does during this time period, something from one end of the world end up in the other part?

[Brian]

Andrew,

Read the thread linked by Moriyama san. It has the answer

 

Brian