Pelican Rookery, California Coast near Montereywatercolor
over graphite on cream Zanders laid paper by Gustave Bauman
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over graphite on cream Zanders laid paper by Gustave Bauman
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Thursday
Japanese conchs...
19th century elephant ivory netsuke
Benkei Blowing a Conch Horn by Anonymous
Benkei is considered to be one of the great warriors
of Japan and is known to have been the sidekick of the
greatest warrior, Yoshitsune. In this design there is the
form of a large conch shell horn which is blown to signal
the beginning of a charge on the battle field
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Benkei Blowing a Conch Horn by Anonymous
Benkei is considered to be one of the great warriors
of Japan and is known to have been the sidekick of the
greatest warrior, Yoshitsune. In this design there is the
form of a large conch shell horn which is blown to signal
the beginning of a charge on the battle field
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'Benkei Blowing a Conch Shell', ca. 1842-43
by Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861)
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detail:
Netsuke by Gyokusho, ca. 1900sThree Samurai mythical attendants to the patron
warrior and mythic hero Benkei carry an oversized
conch tightly bound by ropes that also secures a
sharpened sword, that sits gently over the
lips of the shell
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A print by Yoshitoshi showing Hideyoshi blowing
the conch trumpet to let his troops know that it is
time to begin the attack at Shizugatake
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A Japanese Horagai, conch shell horn,
probably Edo period
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