Book Review: Hideyoshi to Momoyama bunka - Ōsakajō Tenshukaku meihinten by Gifu-shi Rekishi Hakubutsukan et al.

[Jo Anseeuw]

Title: Hideyoshi to Momoyama bunka - Ōsakajō Tenshukaku meihinten
Author: Gifu-shi Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Nakaba Kitagawa, Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Mainichi Shinbun Ōsaka Honsha Bunka Jigyōbu, 1996
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 243+37 pages, 28 cm by 22.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō
ID: B0256

Beautiful exhibition catalog with pieces from the Osaka Castle Museum regarding Hideyoshi and the culture of the Momoyama period. Very nice combination of armour, documents, screens,…

[Piers Dowding]

Beautiful photographs, Jo.

Oh, and a nice long Tazuké School gun at 1:14

[Jan Pettersson]

How in earth did you spot that Tazuke? As usual Jo passed the teppo section with speed

Jan

[Piers Dowding]

Jan, we must be grateful for any crumbs from the table...

[Jo Anseeuw]

Japanese Armor Society != Japanese Teppo Society

Take note !

Jo

[Piers Dowding]

Jo, I think you may need to start wearing armour from now on...

[Jo Anseeuw]

Piers,

Jan is probably still under a few meters snow, and is staring at his lamps most of the times, so seems to be no threat from that side.
And our province/ken is still under semi-emergency where the government asks not to cross borders of provinces, and as you are living long enough in Japan to know that you follow the rules in all circumstances, I feel also rather safe at the moment.
But I will monitor all of this (snow, covid and the remaining wick of Jan's candles) very closely.

Jo

[Jo Anseeuw]

ok, my children reminded me that guns can shoot from far so I should take my hobby (read: this threat) more serious, so in the hope that all will be forgiven, this picture from that book. I guess that is the gun that Piers saw?

Jo
p.s. and Piers, to say it in your native language: you have bloody good eyes (or also this catalog )

[Jan Pettersson]

The vikings fight in all kind of weathers, even if we prefere sitting infront of an Andon sipping tea during the coldest months

Now that’s a very interesting Tazuke. Five sights Thanks for posting this picture, Jo.
I’m leaning towards pre Sekigahara on this one. Any takers?

Jan

[Piers Dowding]

Really interesting photo and caption, Jo. Possibly the founder of the school. Will need to check that. Many thanks for this.

(Both Jan and I have nice examples of Tazuké-Ryū matchlocks.)