5/04/2006

Rebus Pictures

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Picture Puzzles, Rebus Pictuers

hanji-e  江戸の判じ絵

Hanji-E, Rebus and Puzzle Pictures where a speciality of the SHARE 洒落, the witticism of Old Edo.

The paintings, when the words were spoken aloud, would make a new word or sentence.
You need to know your Japanese very well to read them. You use only the sound of each illustrated item to create a new one.

判じ絵の考案(掛け言葉、だじゃれ)で、読み手は書かれたアイコンの音だけで処理します.

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This is quite a famous one.


suzu ni me ... suzume 雀

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From The War

こんなものが慰問袋から出てきたら……脱力・脱糞・戦意喪失であろう



(答・わたしたちもはたらきます
watakushi tachi mo hatarakimasu
http://www.tadanorih.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tondemo/tondemo11.htm

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About Tobacco, from Hiroshige
kore o hanjite gorōjiro


http://www.hokusai-paintings.com/index_kako/index200312.html

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江戸名所 はんじもの(重宣)  
Famous Places in Edo



重宣 (1826-1869)は広重の弟子であり、
その後二代広重を襲名した人です。これは江戸の庶民の機知やユ-モアに呼応するもので、こんなところからも当時の一般庶民の生活ぶりが偲ばれます。寛政の改革で、美人画のなかに名前を書くのを禁じられたため「コマ絵」として、判じられもしました。もともと浮世絵は庶民のものでしたが、子供のおもちゃ絵からこういう謎解きもの、さらには今の新聞に代わるものまで発行されました。ただ庶民的であることが、その芸術性(代わる言葉が無くての表現ですが)を妨げるものでないと、私は思っています。浮世絵の中にある一要素をもって、全体の評価とするのは間違いだと思うからです。

さて、上記の作品は判じ物の中でもよく目にするものです。画面では少し皺がよってますが状態は良く直ぐ修復できそうで、値段だけでなく本当にラッキ-な出会いでした。江戸の地名を絵で描いてあるのですが、お判りでしょうか?
真ん中上部に描かれた、肩に独楽が乗っているのは「駒形 Komagata 」です。その右、舌に矢が刺さっている絵は「下谷 (shita ya ) 」ですね。他図も是非江戸の人に挑戦してください。どうしても判らない方は、「たばこと塩の博物館」を覗いて見てください、答えが紹介されております。

http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/rokano28/ukiyoe/hanji.htm

Big Illustration
http://www.jti.co.jp/Culture/museum/tokubetu/eventApr99/hanji_1.html

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閻魔大王判じ絵
Ema, the King of Hell



http://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pblc-achv/digital_archive/ono_collection/contents/item.49.N029.html

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判じ絵 十二ヶ月
The 12 Months of the Year

睦月(一月)から師走(十二月)までを判じ絵で染めております。どの絵がどの月か解いてみてください。



http://www.rienzome.co.jp/syumi/new/438.htm

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【ダジャレ遺産:判じ絵】 Dajare of Edo

これは、人名である。



燃える戸がご飯を食べている、

つまり、「戸燃え御膳」 >> 巴御前である。
Tomoe Gozen


. Tomoe Gozen (巴御前) .
(1157?–1247) famous concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka.

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食べ物だそうである。



怪奇!馬女!! >> ではない。

馬に似ている。>>「馬似」>> ということで、うま煮
Uma-ni

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生き物である。



はずかしがりやさん。>> ではない。

このシャイボーイは戸の陰にいる。>>「戸陰」>> 

ということで、トカゲ - Tokage

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屁シリーズ、HE - farting



屁に火がついている。また、火の横にある横並びの点は、濁点を表している。

屁火+濁点 > なので、ヘビ ... Hebi, snake 蛇
to extinguish a fire HI/BI with a fart HE.

. WKD : Fart, farting (he 屁) .

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屁シリーズ、その2 - farting



パーマヘアーをバンダナでまとめている、そんな八十年代アイドルみたいな奴が屁をしているわけではない。

こいつは、菜っ葉である。菜っ葉が屁。> 菜屁 ... Yasai

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屁シリーズ、その3 - farting

今度は、どうも「屁」という音は関係ない。臭さをフューチャーしたらしい。表しているのは、今でも有名な地名。



「あ」仮面と臭いフェチ。

ではもちろんない。これは、他のに比べて分かりやすかったかもしれない。

「あ」が出した「さ」が臭い。 >> あさ臭 >> 
だから、浅草 Asakusa

一孟斎芳虎:画「新板はんじ物、虫」より
http://ameblo.jp/naiema/archive-200505.html

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判じ物と判じ絵



http://www.torito.jp/puzzles/puz_img/211_3b.gif

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There is a book about these kind of picture puzzles.

Edo no Hanji-E 江戸の判じ絵
by 岩崎均史著

This is a kind of humor that will be hart to understand by non-Japanese.

体系化された初めての本ではないだろうか。版も大きいし、絵そのものも楽しめる。歌麿をはじめとして国貞、国芳など錚錚たる作家のはんじものもあれば、浮世絵作家が名を成す前に子供向けに作成したものなど多彩であり、手の込んだ刷り物が数多く収録されている。基本はことば遊びなので絵を見れば分かると言うわけにも行かず、やっぱりこのユーモアは外人には理解できないだろう。
http://www.book-navi.com/book/syoseki/edo.html

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Deciphering the place names, reading from the right to left:
1. め me (eye)・くろ kuro (black) → 目黒 Meguro
2. 四 yotsu (four)・矢 ya (arrow) → 四谷 Yotsuya
3. 鵜 u (cormorant, resting on top of a marker for advertising selling "colors")・絵の eno (two characters of the advertising stand) → 上野 Ueno
4. あ aka (red on top of umbrella)・傘 kasa (umbrella)・か ka (a character reading) → 赤坂 Akasaka
5. あ a (a character)・さ sa (a character)・臭(い) kusa(i) (smelly) → 浅草 Asakusa
6. 巣 su (spider nest)・(阿)弥陀 (a)mida (the Biddha)・川 kawa (river) → 隅田川 Sumidagawa river
7. 四 shi (four)・ば(葉に濁点) ba (leaf with dactiles on each leaf) → 芝 Shiba
8. 本 hon (book)・碁 go ("go" game with black and white chips)・鵜 u (cormorant, resting on top of a figure) → 本郷 Hongō/Hongou
9. かな kana (character)・すぎ sugi (ceder) → 金杉 Kanasugi
10. 煎り iri (roasting)・矢 ya (arrow) → 入谷 Iriya
11. 鷹 taka (howk)・縄 nawa (rope) → 高輪 Takanawa
12. つ(る) tsu(ru) (crane, shown only with its beak)・雉 kiji (pheasant) → 築地 Tsukiji
13. 火 hi (fire)・くら(わす) kurawasu (force feed) → 日暮里 Nippori, here read as (ひくらしの里 Hikurashi no sato, a sun-set village)
14. 大(きい) ō(kii) (large)・(こと)じ/琴柱 (koto)ji (bridge for koto string instrument) → 王子 Ōji
15. 本 hon (book, on the seated figure)・錠 jo (lock) → 本所 Honjo
16. 番 ban (to guard)・帳(面) chō(men) (account book)→ 番町 Banchō
17. 梅 ume (plum)・輪 wa (circle)・蚊 ka (mosquito) → 梅若 Umewaka (墨田区の旧町名, an old name in the Sumida Ward)
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Edo meisho hanjimono 江戸名所 はんじもの


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Puns and Word Plays, dajare 駄洒落 of Old Edo


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4/30/2006

Digest April March 2006

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Latest Additions

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Mikuji, O-Mikuji, Fortune Telling Daruma だるまみくじ 達磨御籤, おみくじだるま

Hanga, Woodblockprints 版画a summary woodblock prints

Ta no Kami, God of the Rice Fields 田の神さま Yama no Kami, God of the Forest (#mountain)

Yaruki Daruma! Let us do it ! やるき達磨 Dai Kannon-Ji Temple, Mie Prefecture

Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (Saichoo, Dengyoo Daishi)

Mahasiddha Tilopa and Sesame

Eto (Zodiac Animals) 干支だるま

Flywhisk だるまの払子

Usuzumi Kannon with Cherry Tree 薄墨観音

Nichiren and Dragon Legends 日蓮と龍伝説

The Chinese Dragon, by Kate Hunt (Artnet) 中国の龍

Sun and Moon Buddha Statues 日天、月天
..... Amaterasu 天照大神

Hadaka Jizo 裸地蔵

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Tsuba Collection of Robert Roemer

Hokusai and his Dragons 北斎と龍図

Fudo Myo-O at Mt. Koya (Koyasan) 高野山の不動明王像

Kobujutsu, Antiques LINKS 古美術 LINK

Jizobon, O-Mizutori Ceremony, Omizutori, お水取り Shuni-E (Shuuni-e) 修二会 at Nigatsu-Do, Nara

Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆 and Sagichoo 左義長(さぎちょう)

Fudo Statue, Himalaya Singing Bowls

Four-armed Fudo 四臂不動尊 四面四臂四足不動明王像

Cake Molds Kashigata, 菓子型

Lamp ランプ

Kutaniyaki Pottery 九谷焼

Kanban 看板

Arts of Asia Magazine

Hina Matsuri 雛祭り

Kakebotoke 賭け仏



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4/11/2006

Helen Hyde

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Helen Hyde 1868-1919



The Daruma Branch
Date: 1910
Size: 7 3/4 x 11 inches

© Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

http://www.robynbuntin.com/ukiyo-e/item.asp?ProductID=2522


Helen Hyde was a pioneer of color woodblock printmaking in America and one of the first Western women to study woodblock printing in the Orient. At the age of 12 she began studying with Ferdinand Richardt, the Danish landsape painter. She later studied with Soren Emil Carlsen, Franz Skarbina, Albert Sterner, and Raphael Collins.

It was Felix Regamey who cultivated Hyde's interest in Oriental art. In 1899 Hyde went to Japan where she studied with Kano Tomonobu, the last master of the Kano school of painting. She remained in Japan for 15 years. As subjects for her art she chose women and children, portraying scenes from everyday domestic life as well as Japanese festivals.

Collections in Art Institute of Chicago; Library of Congress; Rutgers University; Carnegie Library; Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, San Francisco.

© Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

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Another great collection of her Japanese Woodblocks.

Davidson Galleries

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One of the best known and most successful American printmakers of the early twentieth century, Helen Hyde (1868-1919) found her identity in Japan where she lived for most of the fifteen years between 1899 and 1914, and which she considered her "home." Her support community remained a group of European and Euro-American women, in Japan, and in the United States.

Female kin, friends, and fellow artists, particularly in San Francisco, Chicago, and Tokyo, nurtured her art, provided an audience for her artistic production, and gave her companionship. Japanese women and children were subjects of her most popular prints.

Read the whole article in our library:
Helen Hyde, American Printmaker, by Joan M. Jensen

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By Helen Hyde (1868 - 1919) dated 1914.

- Shared by Hayato Tokugawa -
Joys of Japan, 2012


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Hanga Woodblockprints in the Daruma Museum

Visit the Photo Gallery with Daruma Woodblock Prints
達磨 だるまの版画ギャラリー はこちら。
..... Photo Gallery


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Hanga Woodblockprints

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Hanga, Woodblockprints 版画 



Daruma eating Buckwheat Noddles at Moriyama
and more woodblock prints about food in Edo

Collection of the Daruma Museum

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There are quite a few woodblock prints with Daruma:

..... Daruma market in Odawara by Sekino Jun-ichiroo 関野潤一郎

Helen Hyde and The Daruma Branch
..... More about Helen Hyde and Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yagumo)

..... Jim Breen and an Ukiyo-e Gallery.....

..... Japanese Prints and the World of Go / William Pinckard

..... New Year Prints, one with Daruma


Daruma by Ota Nampo
Japanese Prints Gallery, Anders Rikardson


Kuniyoshi
Tanuki and his big scrotum


Shimizu Seifu (Seifuu) 清水清風
1851 - 1913


Visit my Photo Gallery with Daruma Woodblock Prints
達磨 だるまの版画ギャラリー はこちら。
..... Photo Gallery with more LINKS to the articles.


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4/09/2006

Yaruki Daruma

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Let us do it ! Yaruki Daruma やるき達磨
やる気達磨 やるきだるま yaru ki Daruma
宝珠山 大観音寺

Dai Kannonn-Ji Temple, Mie Prefecture
This temple offers a lot of other attractions.

〒515-2621 三重県津市白山町
TEL:059(262)1717(代)
http://www.daikannon.or.jp/


「高貴に勝つ 病気に勝つ 人生に勝つ」



枡と観音岩と達磨 . 大きな銅像です。

http://insui.at.webry.info/200504/article_3.html

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Katsu!! - Koan and Daruma 喝と達磨さん―公案散歩

Daruma Pilgrims in Japan: Konpira-san in Shikoku

Pendant: Buddha Mandala .. From Dai Kannon-Ji Temple


KATSU! Daruma from Konpira-san in Shikoku



© Collection of Gabi Greve

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© Phoenix Oriental Art, U.K.
http://www.trocadero.com/okinasan/



A large and very imposing Japanese lacquered hardwood carving of the seated Daruma with his clenched fist outstretched to repel demons. The body and head are carved as one, the outstretched arm is carved separately and attached to the main carving. The surface of the piece is covered with a lacquer finish. The effect is extremely strong, lively, and full of character.
This is an unusual piece, both in its subject matter and its size, measuring approx. 12 inches tall and 12 inches deep.
Early Taisho period, circa 1920.
Daruma with clenched fist

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Digest March 2006

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New Articles from March 2006



Tsuba Collection of Robert Roemer

Hokusai and his Dragons 北斎と龍図

Fudo Myo-O at Mt. Koya (Koyasan) 高野山の不動明王像

Kobujutsu, Antiques LINKS 古美術 LINK

Jizobon, O-Mizutori Ceremony, Omizutori, お水取り Shuni-E (Shuuni-e) 修二会 at Nigatsu-Do, Nara

Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆 and Sagichoo 左義長(さぎちょう)

Fudo Statue, Himalaya Singing BowlsFour-armed Fudo 四臂不動尊 四面四臂四足不動明王像

Cake Molds Kashigata, 菓子型

Lamp ランプ

Kutaniyaki Pottery 九谷焼

Kanban 看板

Arts of Asia Magazine

Hina Matsuri 雛祭り

Kakebotoke 賭け仏

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Eto (Zodiac Animals)

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Zodiac Animals with Daruma, eto Daruma, 干支だるま

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Daruma and the Year of the Dog



From an exhibition at Mihara, Feb. 2006
三原神明市
http://www.city.mihara.hiroshima.jp/com/topix/darumaten.html

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Making Daruma with Bull (ushi)



干支だるま「丑」の制作中
http://www.tako.ne.jp/~eiji/~TDaruma/seisaku_koubou.htm

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Plastic Zodiac Animal Colection



獅子舞・だるまx2・猿の干支だるま・鳥の干支だるま。
http://scrapbook.ameba.jp/miyako-33_book/entry-10007819753.html

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大師だるま Kawasaki Daishi Temple



江戸時代末から大師の門前で販売され、縁起物として親しまれています。カラフルだるまや干支だるま もあります。
http://www.k-kankou.biz-web.jp/meisan/meisan.htm

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Other LINKs

干支だるま, 荒井だるま、平塚 Eto Daruma Papermachee Dolls from Arai Hiratsuka
http://www.ioi.tv/asp/search/biz.asp?id=10109050739

干支だるま(阿保こけしや) Eto Daruma from Abo Kokeshi Maker
http://www.applet1181.jp/furusatobin/abokokeshi-top.htm

干支だるま, 玉島だるま、Eto Daruma from Tamashima
http://www.tako.ne.jp/~eiji/~TDaruma/daruma_price_list.htm

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More from the Daruma Museum

Furoshiki with Zodiac Animals and Daruma

..... Hoorin-ji Kyoto Temple with Zodiac Animal Daruma
法輪寺 : 京都のだるま寺




Dragon Art of Asia: Zodiac Animals by Gabi Greve


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. Toys and Talismans from Japan . 
Zodiac Animals in Detail


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3/21/2006

Flywhisk

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Daruma carrying a flywhisk (hossu 払子)



. Kutaniyaki, Collection Gabi Greve


Flywhisk Hossu  払子

This is a whisk used to flick mosquitoes away. This tool had its practical use in India and other hot countries. Usually the whisk was made of the hair of Tibetan yak and used by highranking priests. It came to be symbolized especially in Zen Buddhism, where it stands for the swishing away of delusive thoughts and ideas which are continuously troubling the normal human being.

Since Daruma is a high-ranking priest, of course he carried such a flywhisk to flick away the moskitoes around him and the "spiritual moskitoes" in the minds of his disciples. It is not a whip, mind you.

Daruma with a Flywhisk  払子を持つだるま



This is maybe most often found as an attribute of Daruma san. Even some tiny MINI ones where depicted with it. And he does not even need hands to hold it, it can just be painted on the body. Daruma can hold the hossu in his right or left hand, have it hanging down or hold it straight upright or even recline and let it dangle over his shoulder.


Here are three examples, one little Daruma with a hossu almost as big as himself, one with just a face and a hossu as a flower vase or a tray.

Jimotsu - What is Daruma Holding? .

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Since Daruma was an Indian priest, he lived in a hot country with a lot of flies in summer. It was the sign of a high priest to carry a beautiful big flywhisk to protect his own body, and as a Zen pries, I guess, he could once in a while whack a sleepy student with it too.

In India this flywhisk is called CHAURI and in Japanese HOSSU.

We have beautiful flywhisks from monks and priests in Tibet, where they are made from the hair of the tail of a yak.

The flywhisk is one of the items where you can easily recognize a Daruma figure, apart from the huge eyes and the large earrings.

Langlois Rooshi tells the following about his hossu:

Many people have asked me what the significance is of the hossu, which I am holding in my hand. It is a flywhisk, but in Zen, it has a very special meaning. It is a whisk, but it is used to swish away the many delusive thoughts that are constantly chasing us.
http://www.zbtc.org/docs/kongo/living.html


Some other figures in the Buddhist pantheon carry a flywhisk, for example the attendants and disciples of Buddha (Arhats, Jap: Rakan).

Look at this picture of Tibetan Art.

http://www.tibetart.com/image.cfm/287.html

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The flywhisk is also one of the Royal Regalia of the King of Nepal.



King Rama IV added a Flywhisk, made from the tail of a yak, but it has been badly damaged. Therefore, the present Royal FlyWhisk, as part of the Royal Regalia, is made from the tail of an albino elephant with a gilt and enamel handle. According to ancient Indian accounts, the Wanwitchani is used by the king to ward off any maleficent which might cause discomfort to his people.
http://www.thaimain.org/eng/monarchy/fan.html

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On this delicate picture of Indian Art you can see one of the attending ladies waving the flywhisk to keep the air around the royal couple clean.


http://www.exoticindia.com/product/HC93/aff10150/

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Here are two great glossaries about Asian religious terms, although they do not tell much about the flywhisk, they might come in handy for other searches.

http://www.religionatlas.org/TeacherResources/Glossary/GlossaryS2.asp
http://home.att.net/~spmckee/glossary_first.html

Glossary of Indian Art Terms
http://www.fashionindia.net/glossary/glossary1.htm

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Here is an example from Africa, of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya.

The flywhisk is a symbol of a Kikuyu elder. Elegantly made from the end of a cow's tail.



by Fred Beisser, 11/15/2004
http://www.findagrave.com/

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The flywhisk is quite an international tool. After all, mosquitoes are everywhere!

So, here is Daruma with the Mosquitoes !

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Another item a high priest like Daruma is carring is called
NYOI 如意, a Priest's Szepter.

Details are here:
Daruma and the Priest's Szepter

Symbols and motifs seen on Chinese decorative art


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3/20/2006

Tsuba Robert

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Tsuba Collection of Robert Roemer


Thanks to Robert for sharing his collection with us !



Backside with a flywhisk



The haiku reads

月の漏る壁とおもへと寒さかな
tsuki no moruru ( moreru) kabe to omoe to (do) samusa kana

through the wall
the moon leaking in
but cold


........................................... Sakuo made this Renku

達磨見ている鋭き刃先
Daruma mite iru surudoki hasaki

Daruma watching for
sharp point of the sword
 


Translation and Renku by
Nakamura Sakuo, Haiga


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Four Tsuba






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Daruma fuchi/kashira.
Note glass eyes on Daruma!!




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Hossu 払子 <> Daruma holding a Flywhisk
..... Jimotsu - What is Daruma holding?
..... Flywhisk and Daruma

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Keywords

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Keywords with Daruma
「だるま」でつながるキーワード


KANSHIN
Check a whole Japanese LIST with Daruma Entries:

http://www.kanshin.com/connect/57183





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Kobijutsu Antiques

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Kobijutsu Antiques 古美術 

.... Antiques Magazines 古美術雑誌






Daruma Magazine for Antiques  !!!!!



Collecting Japanese Antiques / Alistair Seton

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There is another very informative magazine about Asian Art, maybe the best of its kind.
Orientations

Every issue is an authoritative source of information on the many and varied aspects of the arts of East Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
There are beautifully illustrated articles on the ancient arts of painting, calligraphy, bronzes and ceramics, on the decorative arts and crafts as well as selections from the portfolios of contemporary artists.

Orientations also provides invaluable insights into the international Asian art market, analyzing activities at major auctions in London, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing and other centres to reveal the latest price and collecting trends.
http://www.orientations.com.hk/
http://www.orientations.com.hk/hmjan04.htm

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Andon : Shedding Light on Japanese Art
Society for Japanese Arts



The society's magazine is called Andon.
Andon was first published in 1981. Since then over 70 issues have been sent to our members. The bulletin contains illustrated articles on various aspects of Japanese art as well as book reviews. Among its regular contributors are scholars such as Jan Dees, Matthi Forrer, Heinz & Else Kress, John Fiorillo, Helen Merritt and Ellis Tinios.

http://www.society-for-japanese-arts.org/andon.htm

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Shuu 集 (collecting)


http://www.shunet.co.jp/

Books about Antiques
http://www.shunet.co.jp/publish/

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Rokushoo 骨董 緑青 (Green-Blue)



http://www.mariashobo.jp/books/review.php?num=7&item=0

More Links from this Publisher

緑青シリーズリンク集
緑青・増刊緑青・別冊緑青 | 骨董緑青 | 古美術緑青

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Here are some more Online Magazines

About Japanese Art:
http://www.japaneseart.org/japaneseart/about.htm

About Asian Art:
http://www.asianartnewspaper.com/
http://www.artsofasianet.com/


..... Antique Fairs and Daruma Fairs in January 2006

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TROCADERO Collection of Antique Stores with LINKS
Antiques, Fine Art and Decorative Art


Asia Galleries Com, San Francisco CA., USA



- updates on japanese art
http://www.reddit.com/r/japanart/


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Some Antique Pieces with Daruma

..... ..... Photo Gallery of the Daruma Museum
Statues are also in the album for OKIMONO



Silk Road Gallery
..... Granite Statue




THE KURA gallery
..... Small Statue, Daruma holding Daruma

..... Painting on Glass, two superb pieces
Two items, Nr. 26 and 26

..... Bronze Statue, Daruma standing

..... Ivory Statue, China
with prayer beads juzu

..... Mask from Okinawa
It measures 2 3/4" tall and is 2 3/4" across.

.....   Hirado-Plate, small
Late Meiji - early Taisho (1910s) Japanese porcelain Hirado plate
with underglaze blue and red decoration of 3 boys making a snowman in
a form of Zen Buddhism patriarch Daruma.

..... Serving Bowl with Daruma , antique

..... Pipe with Daruma Face
(Three photos)

..... Tobacco Pouch



. sango 珊瑚 coral Daruma .

Snuff Bottle, with Daruma
Made in Japan for the Chinese market, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Of diamond shape carved in low relief with Daruma holding a hossu in his arms on side, and Handaka Sonja carrying his bowl on the other.


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Latest Additions and Articles


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Sara, Plates with Daruma Design お皿にだるま

Mizukake Fudo, Watered Deities 水掛不動明王

Mikamo Fudo Son みかも不動尊, Zeni-Arai Fudo 銭洗不動尊Fudo Myo-O :

Pendant 飾り物、数珠、 カーン守り

Symbols, icons and stupas , by Perrett, Roy W.

Prof. Dr. Dietrich Seckel Professor für Ostasiatische Kunstsgeschichte, Universität Heidelberg

Apsaras at Dunhuang Tonko 敦煌, tennnyo 天女, hiten 飛天

Omokaru Ishi, heavy or light stones  おもかる石

Phoenix    鳳凰

Kanzan and Jittoku 寒山拾得

The Four Sleepers, shisui 四睡

with a tigerPapercraft 紙と遊ぶ Do it Yourself Daruma!

Kites (tako)Origami 五十崎凧資料館 Kite Museum at Ikasaki

Origami おりがみ 折り紙

Tee shirt  

Hand Towles  手ぬぐい tenugui

Lace for knitting

Bag for Nails

Wristband


Dragon Art of Asia/ Special Gallery 龍の美術 竜


Archives for January 2006 !!!!!


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