Ford Hallam Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 I'm doing a bit of research in preparation for a new project and am looking for some good high resolution (preferably close up) images of Araki Tomei's millet heads. I've got a good image of some menuki but I'm keen to see some that are inlaid into a solid ground. I've got a number of good images in various books so I'm really hoping someone has a tsuba they'd be able to photograph....unless I can borrow it for a while. :D Any and all assistance gratefully received. Thanks, Ford Quote
Curran Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Perhaps the f/k on Cyrus' site would help? Otherwise, must check a few books. I don't remember the millet on any tsuba. Would be quite the knuckle grater. Quote
Ford Hallam Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Posted January 16, 2011 Hi Curran, thanks, I'll check them out. There are a number of well published tsuba by Tomei that feature his famous millet. I don't think functionality was foremost in this particular artist's mind though. :D Quote
Martin Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Hi Ford, here are some images I can provide. But unfortunately I am not able to offer self made pictures... millet.zipFetching info... Quote
Akitombo Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Hi Ford, Is this any help? David Quote
Ford Hallam Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Posted January 17, 2011 Martin, David, Eric thanks very much this is all very helpful. I starting to get a much better feeling for his style and technique now. A bit of experimenting shortly and I should be on my way. I may have something pretty to show in a couple of months If anyone has any more images I'd still be keen to see them. Thanks again gentlemen, regards, Ford Quote
Curran Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 Just for others and a bit of reminder confirm: Tomei millet should be 7 down the central row and 7 a head? That is the rule of thumb . ie. In the zip file Martin provided, the ones not meeting this criteria are the non-Araki Tomei copies. <<< This is not to say that all the ones that do _are_ Araki Tomei works, as Ford is about to prove >>> Eric, I haven't seen that koshirae in a while. Saw different photos before, but never saw it in person. A real beauty. Quote
Kevin Adams Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 I can't open the preceding zip file on my Blackberry to see what it is so I hope I'm not repeating anything, but I found a tsuba with millet by this artist in "100 Tsuba and Sword Accessories" by Kazuo Iida and Michiko Hiruta (page 102). It's not a large image, but I'll scan and post when I get back to my computer/scanner, if no one beats me to it Quote
Eric H Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 in almost circular form - signed Issai Tomei Eric Quote
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