Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

airin · 2008-10-31 15:45:54

My love affair with the shakuhachi has just begun. Here is the seal on the new love in my life. Can anyone tell me who the maker was?

Zakarius · 2008-10-31 21:41:55

I don't know about the maker, but the Chinese characters are 華山 which is Hua Mountain -- a 'sacred' Daoist mountain in Shaanxi Province.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huashan

Zak

airin · 2008-11-01 20:53:45

Thanks for that Zak.

Is it common to have Chinese references in a hanko on a shakuhachi?

Toby · 2008-11-02 07:21:43

Let's not forget that China and Japan share their ideograms. So almost all characters found in China (at least traditional Chinese) are found in Japan and vice-versa. That being said the first character, "kazan" or "hana" in Japanese, does refer to a location in China. The second character "yama" or "san" (or the euphonic "zan") in Japanese, is just "mountain" and common to (and common in) both languages.

In my experience it is not usual to see references to specific locations (in Japan or elsewhere) in makers' hanko, but then my experience is limited...

Toby

airin · 2008-11-02 12:37:50

That's useful information, thanks Toby.

Karmajampa · 2009-09-07 21:22:51

I just had someone come by who, though a westerner, was born in Japan and lived there for 17 years and was excited to see my collection of Shakuhachi.
I showed her the Hanko on my Kono Gyokusui 1.8 and she also read "Yama", 'Mountain', and perhaps some letter that meant 'heart'.
So, interesting for me to read this article.

Kel.

Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

#1 2008-10-31 15:45:54

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#2 2008-10-31 21:41:55

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#4 2008-11-02 07:21:43

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#5 2008-11-02 12:37:50

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