sword stand

[johnb]

Right now I have 5 sword stands. All different, all crap cheap ones. So I thought I'd take the oppurtunity that I'm now living in Indonesia and get half a dozen made that are all the same. I thought you might like to have a look at the prototype.

It's re-cycled teak with a tiger wood panel. (Actually some type of gum).

[WoodbridgeGaijin]

Looks really nice. Are you going to have them all made the same way? I have been thinking of making them for high end nihonto out of exotic materials but I`m not certain if the owner of a say $150,000 piece would display a blade on a katanakake or have it in a showcase. I used to make high end humidors for cigars and I have some materials I'm not doing anything with. Anyways, it looks really nice! Good luck with the rest of them. I hope they all turn out as well.

 

V.Giardina

[Bungo]

is that Hiroshige print in the background " of the period " or a " later re-print " ?

 

 

milt the ronin

[WoodbridgeGaijin]

How can you tell its a Hiroshige or a Hokusai ? Looks like a nicely decorated space but as for the print? Wow if you can see that ...its amazing, all I see is glare. You must really know your art.

 

V.Giardina

[Bungo]

  WoodbridgeGaijin said:

How can you tell its a Hiroshige or a Hokusai ? Looks like a nicely decorated space but as for the print? Wow if you can see that ...its amazing, all I see is glare. You must really know your art.

 

V.Giardina

 

what ? One of the famous design by Hiroshige......... if authentic and of the period, it's worth a few swords.

 

milt the ronin

[Bungo]

http://www.reeddesign.co.uk/images/hiroshige.jpg

 

 

this one

 

 

milt the ronin

[WoodbridgeGaijin]

I am thoroughly familiar with his work...I think its called " Sudden Shower" but I am still amazed that you could discern between it being a painting of a watermelon or an Ando woodblock. I think I need new glasses.

 

Good for you man. Very observant.

V. Giardina

[WoodbridgeGaijin]

I forgot to mention, the Westin Miyako Hotel had a few period ukiyo e by Hiroshige , one was slightly torn and on had a corner piece about 2 inches in size missing...they were both around the 150 000 yen mark. I was surprised. Maybe if I wasn't such a poor bugger I could have bought one instead of drooling on them.

 

V. Giardina

[Stephen]

its the print on the left

[WoodbridgeGaijin]

LOL....I know Stephen, Don't tell me you have the eyes of a hawk too. I love Hiroshige,Hokusai, Kunisada, Toshi and Hiroshi Yoshida, but I am amazed at how observant you guys are. I love Kandinsky's work as well and I can picture many of his works in my head with ease, but I don't think I would be able to spot a piece of his art being obscured by a katanakake. I guess thats why you gentlemen are so knowledgeable about Nihonto while after 4 years of Japanese School I can barely utter a few sentences, and I can't fathom the wealth of information you must have locked up in your head in respect to Nihonto. I've spent allot of time reading your posts, its quite impressive. I hope to get there someday.

 

Val Giardina.

[johnb]

Cor Blimey! I'm glad the katanakake has made such an impression!! Well spotted, it is a Hiroshige. "People on a Bridge Caught in the Rain", from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo". Unfortunately it is a reprint but I suspect quite an early one. (Not that my knowledge is up to much). I bought years ago and was told it was a late 40's reprint.

PS. Glad you like the decor WoodbridgeGaijin.

[johnb]

Further to the woodblock. Here are three varios images of Caught in the Rain. Which is the Early Edition, which is the Restrike (Reprint) and which is the Recut? Frankly I haven't got a clue, although a close look at the background detail gives some clue.

Ukiyo-e!!! Another complex Japanese hobby.

 

I've attached the Van Gough version...probably the most valuable by far. (God knows why).

[Henry Wilson]

That is a nice spread. The Hiroshige print in question hangs in our study and is the first Japanese print I feel in the love with. It is a modern repro mind. There is an original (maybe a late printing) going for something like 1,500,000 yen in the Oriental Bazzar in Harajuku...... Also saw the Van Gogh in Amsterdam too which is actually quite small.

 

Thanks for that

[Bungo]

actually I just traded an old Hiroshige together with a Yoshitoshi 100 moon prints for a tsuba.

Hiroshige prints are not all in the thousands' range.........

 

There's this guy Dr. phil ( not the TV dude ) who's expert in Hiroshige and he has a few for sale all the time at very reasonable price. Condition is not the best but he's not asking an arm and leg either.

 

milt the ronin