Interested in learning more about these Chinese Export Sword Guards? Check out this excellent article by James Lancel McElhinney - www.mcelhinneyart.com/jlmcelhinney/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/JLM_Orientations.pdf
Are these tsubo (sword guards) expensive or hard to get? Sure would make a nice present for some executive (or myself) as an art piece or simply as a paper weight. Dragons are auspicious (cross or no cross).
Depends. That are lots of "nanban" tsuba on the market. There can be a fairly wide price range depending on the quality of the carving. If you specifically want a Chinese Export Guard, those are more rare and you probably need some experience to determine if it is Chinese, or a Japanese Copy, or a Japanese interpretation.
What is that you say at the end of your videos? Sounds like dai jian? What does it mean? It's cool to find a youtube channel to learn about this stuff, it's not commonly found
Love the exploration of the art style and practical parts of the sword guards!
Good looking tsuba and thanks for the history lesson.
Absolutely fascinating!! I love these Show and Tell they're just so damn interesting and well delivered!
Thanks! I'll pass that to Rodell Laoshi. I'm sure he has some more treasures to share.
Interested in learning more about these Chinese Export Sword Guards? Check out this excellent article by James Lancel McElhinney - www.mcelhinneyart.com/jlmcelhinney/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/JLM_Orientations.pdf
Are these tsubo (sword guards) expensive or hard to get? Sure would make a nice present for some executive (or myself) as an art piece or simply as a paper weight. Dragons are auspicious (cross or no cross).
Depends. That are lots of "nanban" tsuba on the market. There can be a fairly wide price range depending on the quality of the carving. If you specifically want a Chinese Export Guard, those are more rare and you probably need some experience to determine if it is Chinese, or a Japanese Copy, or a Japanese interpretation.
What is that you say at the end of your videos? Sounds like dai jian? What does it mean? It's cool to find a youtube channel to learn about this stuff, it's not commonly found
Sorry, when? What's the time code? Maybe it was Daimyo? The Japanese term for local lords.
@@scottm.rodellgrtc2969 I believe Shindai is referring to your Chinese sign off at the very end of the video. "See you again" in Mandarin.
@@bmoviebmovie ah, I say, "Zàijiàn (再見)." That Mandarin for goodbye.