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Japanese bronze mirrors
Bronze mirrors were introduced into Japan from China and Korea during the Yayoi period (about 300 BC - AD 300). At first they had a religious function and were regarded as symbols of authority. . . .
. . . Mirrors gradually became more robust. Bronze was copper mixed with tin and lead. They mostly have a central boss, often in the shape of a tortoise, which was pierced and a cord passed through for holding. More new designs and the first handled mirrors appeared in the Muromachi period (1333-1568).
During the Edo period (1600-1868), mirrors decorated with lucky symbols or Chinese characters were given at weddings. Mirrors became larger as hairstyles became more ornate; some mirrors in Kabuki theatre dressing-rooms were up to fifty centimeters across and were placed on stands.
The faces of mirrors were highly polished or burnished, with itinerant tinners and polishers specializing in this work.
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Bronze mirrors were replaced by glass mirrors after the Meiji Restoration (1868).
- source : www.britishmuseum.org
ekagami, e-kagami 柄鏡 mirror with a handle
. . . A mirror with one's family crest may signify the self assertion of the family or individual who used such a mirror. A mirror with a scenic motif, such as Mount Fuji and the pine grove of Miho or the eight views of Omi, may express one's desire to see these famous sights or to travel.
By the Edo period handles, often bound in rattan, were added to Japanese brass or bronze mirrors. The mirror discs also became larger to accommodate the increased size of ladies' hair arrangements. These types of mirror were known as e-kagami.
Perhaps it can be said that the motifs on handled mirrors truly reflected the heart of the Edoite!
- source : www.kyohaku.go.jp
Mirror with auspicious symbols of winter
shoochikubai 松 竹 梅 pine, bamboo and plum blossom - and Mount Fuji
source : edo-ekagami.seesaa.net
. Doing Business in Edo - Introduction .
kagami migaki 鏡磨き / kagami togi 鏡研ぎ
mirror polisher in Edo
The bronze mirrors of the ladies of Edo had to be polished at least once a year. A good business time for the wayside craftsmen was in winter, toward the New Year.
They sat by the roadside, putting the mirror in front of them whilst polishing it. So they could see their own face all the time.
They were often the subject of senryu.
わが面で試みをする鏡とぎ
waga men de kokoromi o suru kagamitogi
using my own face
as a trial object
to polish this mirror
磨ぎたての鏡びっくり下女気絶
togitate no kagami bikkuri gejo kizetsu
looking into
the newly polished mirror
the servant faints
Maybe now she realized the great difference in her own "beauty" and that of here lovely lady.
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Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長の美人画
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Japanese bronze mirrors
Bronze mirrors were introduced into Japan from China and Korea during the Yayoi period (about 300 BC - AD 300). At first they had a religious function and were regarded as symbols of authority. . . .
. . . Mirrors gradually became more robust. Bronze was copper mixed with tin and lead. They mostly have a central boss, often in the shape of a tortoise, which was pierced and a cord passed through for holding. More new designs and the first handled mirrors appeared in the Muromachi period (1333-1568).
During the Edo period (1600-1868), mirrors decorated with lucky symbols or Chinese characters were given at weddings. Mirrors became larger as hairstyles became more ornate; some mirrors in Kabuki theatre dressing-rooms were up to fifty centimeters across and were placed on stands.
The faces of mirrors were highly polished or burnished, with itinerant tinners and polishers specializing in this work.
. . .
Bronze mirrors were replaced by glass mirrors after the Meiji Restoration (1868).
- source : www.britishmuseum.org
ekagami, e-kagami 柄鏡 mirror with a handle
. . . A mirror with one's family crest may signify the self assertion of the family or individual who used such a mirror. A mirror with a scenic motif, such as Mount Fuji and the pine grove of Miho or the eight views of Omi, may express one's desire to see these famous sights or to travel.
By the Edo period handles, often bound in rattan, were added to Japanese brass or bronze mirrors. The mirror discs also became larger to accommodate the increased size of ladies' hair arrangements. These types of mirror were known as e-kagami.
Perhaps it can be said that the motifs on handled mirrors truly reflected the heart of the Edoite!
- source : www.kyohaku.go.jp
Mirror with auspicious symbols of winter
shoochikubai 松 竹 梅 pine, bamboo and plum blossom - and Mount Fuji
source : edo-ekagami.seesaa.net
. Doing Business in Edo - Introduction .
kagami migaki 鏡磨き / kagami togi 鏡研ぎ
mirror polisher in Edo
The bronze mirrors of the ladies of Edo had to be polished at least once a year. A good business time for the wayside craftsmen was in winter, toward the New Year.
They sat by the roadside, putting the mirror in front of them whilst polishing it. So they could see their own face all the time.
They were often the subject of senryu.
わが面で試みをする鏡とぎ
waga men de kokoromi o suru kagamitogi
using my own face
as a trial object
to polish this mirror
磨ぎたての鏡びっくり下女気絶
togitate no kagami bikkuri gejo kizetsu
looking into
the newly polished mirror
the servant faints
Maybe now she realized the great difference in her own "beauty" and that of here lovely lady.
.......................................................................
Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長の美人画
. - - - Welcome to Edo 江戸 ! .
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[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
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