Yari holder cup?

[Ian]

Hello all

I have had this for a number of years, and was told it was a yari holder that slips into an obi.

Any ideas?

 

Regards

[IanB]

Ian, I suspect you are right in assuming it is to support the end of a yari or similar tall pole when on the daimyo gyoretsu. Never seen the like before. A very desirable object.

Ian Bottomley

[Bugyotsuji]

Agreed with Ian there about the Daimyo Gyoretsu. Possibly for an uma-jirushi or large nobori-bata? Have you seen the chaps who juggle the long poles with fluffy tops? Very nice. I will show this to a few people if you don't mind, and see what feedback it might draw.

[Bugyotsuji]

There is an illustration in Sasama Sensei's Nihon no Katchu/Bugu Jiten, on p. 428 of a pole-holder leather, E-tate-kawa 柄立革 which looks like a leather sheath affixed to the front of the obi, for carrying an uma-jirushi. It's a badly-printed drawing, but I will try and take a shot of it. Now if yours is an Etate, (but not a Kawa,) a Tsutsu or Ukezutsu, then we could be nearing the truth, although with that brass tang, I have to admit it could be a banner holder for a Bakumatsu/Meiji army, the holder clip to be slid onto a leather belt. (?)

[IanB]

Piers, I just scanned the same image and found you had beaten me.

Ian

[Bugyotsuji]

:lol: sorry about that, Ian! Do you have an English version of this book?

[IanB]

Piers, No, it has never to my knowledge ever been translated. I did however make extensive use of it, with Dr. Sasama's permission of course, when writing my first book. In particular the glossary settled many queries. One amusing incident occurred concerning a helmet described somewhere as an 'hour of the hare helmet' or 'dawn helmet'. After pondering long and hard on this odd description, it was relayed back to Dr. Sasama who replied that since the rivets holding a bowl together are called 'hoshi' or stars, it meant the helmet had countersunk rivets - the stars being no longer visible!

Ian

[Ian]

Wow

You are great, we are so lucky to have the NMB.

Thank you for your research.

It will now have to have a promotion from the odds and sods draw to the cabinet!

 

All the best