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Everybody loves samurais because of their mystique, fierce fighting skills and legends steeped in mystery. One of the famous samurai was Honda Tadakatsu who was also known as Honda Heihachiro. He was a Japanese general of the late Sengoko and early Edo period. He lived from 1548 to 1610 and was one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings.
Tadakatsu was born in the Mikawa province in Japan and was promoted many times for his service. His son Honda Tadatomo became daimyo of Otaki and his other son Tadamasa took over Kuwana after Tadakatsu retired. Even though Honda served years of loyal service, he became estranged from the Tokugawa shogunate as it moved from military to civilian political institution. Many other warriors had the same problem transitioning from the chaotic warfare life to a stable peaceful life of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Honda Tadakatsu was well respected in his time and was called the Samurai of Samurai by Oda Nobunaga, who was known not to praise his followers which made this high praise indeed. Toyotomi Hedeyoshi also stated that the best samurai were Honda Tadakatsu in the east and Tachibana Muneshige in the west. Honda was also respected because even though he fought in over sixty battles, he never suffered a significant wound. He was referred as The Warrior who surpassed Death itself for this reason.
Honda is regarded as one of Tokugawa leyasu's finest generals. He earned distinction at the Battle of Anegawa and also served at the Battle of Mikatagahara which was the scene of Tokugawa's greatest defeat. At that battle he commanded the left wing of the army facing troops under Naito Masatoyo one of the Takeda clan's notable generals. Honda went on to exact vengeance at the Battle of Nagashino where he commanded musketeers as the combined Oda-Tokugawa forces annihilated Takeda Katsuyori's army. This was in part to the skilled use of ranked muskets as one soldier would fire while another was reloading and yet another cleaning the barrel of the musket. This enabled the muskets to fire without stopping. It was the first time this effective battle tactic had been seen.
Honda Tadakatsu has quite a few legends surrounding him including the one that he never received a wound. His helmet was adorned with deer antlers which made it very conspicuous so the ability to battle without receiving wounds was legendary. His fighting prowess was incredible and so well known that his weapon of choice, a spear, was named as one of the Three Great Spears of Japan. The spear was named Tonbo-Giri, Dragonfly Cutter, due to a legend that the tip was so sharp that a dragonfly that landed on it was cut in two.
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Vintage Lamps - Made in America
The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co are well known for their varied range of antique and vintage table lamps, with decorative lighting from England, France, China and Japan. Included in their range are examples of American made lamps.
Currently, the company has examples made in the States from the early 1930's period, with glass lamps made by the Consolidated Glass Company. This famous American glass maker was located in Pennsylvania, with Reuben Haley as the leading designer. The art glass produced through this period is of outstanding quality and was greatly inspired by the French company of Rene Lalique.
The company was greatly reduced by the Great Depression and was closed from 1932 - 1936. Consolidated continued to produce very fine art glass through the 1940's and 50's but eventually closed, due to a factory fire in 1963.
Also listed in their on-line catalogue, a tall, U.S studio made, earthenware lamp with an arresting mega blast monochrome glaze of bright sunshine yellow! This American lamp was hand thrown by a studio potter in the 1920 - 1930 period. The lamp was designed to follow the form of the classical antique "Yen Yen" shape produced by the Chinese porcelain makers of the 18th century. This studio piece was produced as a lamp and has been carefully looked after for the past 80 years, now completely refurbished and ready to shed it's light again in a new interior.
A tall, American art studio, wheel thrown, earthenware table lamp in Chinese form. The lamp produced in the 1920 to 1930 period in a typical, rather curvaceous Art Deco style. Although a product of the Art Deco, its line follows the classic form of the Chinese “Yen Yen” shape of early 18th century porcelain, (particularly associated with the Kangxi period), “a long necked baluster style vase rising to a trumpet shaped mouth”. The lamp glazed with a mega watt burst of bright sunshine yellow. The lamp on a turned maple wood base, lacquered in Chinese black, the lamp cap of polished brass.
Art Deco - Circa 1930 Overall height (including shade) 31"/79cm
All the company’s lamps are "one-of-a kind" designs and are completely original. Each unique lamp is bench made with no aspect of repetitive production.
The company caters for the discerning buyer who knows that "the ordinary won't do", who demands more than mass produced products that roll off the conveyer belt in their thousands. Their lamps are completely hand made with the majority of their collection being genuine antiques, i.e., 100 years old or older.
Please remember that The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co ship lamps, ready wired for the U.S, the U.K and Australia. You are invited to visit The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co’s web site at www.antiquelampshop.com
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About the Author
Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co, has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery. From an early age he recalls picking up tea cups, looking for the mark on the base, discerning the maker.
Extending his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
Vintage sweing machine help, I think its japaneese, it has a chapion unversal motor?
We have a sewing machine from an auction, it has what looks like a p and a squigly line on it, on the back it says made in occupied japan, it looks like a featherwieght, and it has a champion universal motor anybody have a clue what it is?
It's an English made sewing machine
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