Delw Report post Posted January 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Edge said: My ex mother in law was Buhddist by way of Japan. We hosted the in laws in our home for years. They had a Durma character figurine and all the Buhddas, Butsudans and Hello Kitties .... Oh yeah thats cool. I dont remember the name we just saw alot of different buhddas back when I was a kid. tons of shrines too. there was an old graveyard on the base in yokohama. it was in nehgishi(sp) heights. as kids we walked through it alot and there was also different types of figurines of buhdas on graves and some really cool stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted January 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Delw said: Oh yeah thats cool. I dont remember the name we just saw alot of different buhddas back when I was a kid. tons of shrines too. there was an old graveyard on the base in yokohama. it was in nehgishi(sp) heights. as kids we walked through it alot and there was also different types of figurines of buhdas on graves and some really cool stuff. Japanese had some awesome looking deities. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delw Report post Posted January 18, 2021 One of these days I'll have to see if I can dig up some old pics. Moms got tons of them that I took back then and she has Thousands of my dads old slides. I know she has a few dishs and stuff I got in a old dump behind of the old samori training areas. There was a old traditional school close to the base that taught old school traditions. that place was like a museum when I was a kid. they let me go in there and watch all the time. they showed me how to make bows arrows, samuri swords etc etc. they dd it all there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted January 18, 2021 6 hours ago, thegunsmith2506 said: My grandpa brought this home from ww2. I would love to find out what it is. Looks like he's wearing a helmet but it's the bowl of dharma under the cloak. He looks wild eyed because, In one version of the story, he is said to have fallen asleep seven years into his nine years of wall-gazing. Becoming angry with himself, he cut off his eyelids to prevent it from happening again.[ The fly whisk is an attribute of Daruma (Bodhidharma), who according to tradition transmitted Chan Buddhism to China; it symbolizes the sweeping away of mental distractions and ignorance. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegunsmith2506 Report post Posted January 18, 2021 Thanks for all the info. I have Googled it a bit. Do any of you know what this would have been used for? Was it just a thing you put on the shelf or would it have been in a temple? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted January 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, thegunsmith2506 said: Thanks for all the info. I have Googled it a bit. Do any of you know what this would have been used for? Was it just a thing you put on the shelf or would it have been in a temple? My guess is a piece of pop art for home or business. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delw Report post Posted January 18, 2021 41 minutes ago, Edge said: My guess is a piece of pop art for home or business. Yup back then stuff like that were sold to tourist(mostly military members). there were stores everywhere around the bases selling this type of stuff. funny thing the more north you went in Japan the pop art changed, wood carved bears were huge back then up north. Buhhdas were more inland, the more south you went buhhdas looked different. it all depended on the prefecture (like counties) to what type of buhhdas and other stuff you found. if you can find some way to get it dated that would be cool. in japan at least sacred stuff was never sold it was handed down to family members. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
