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January 23rd, 2016, 06:05 PM
Once there was a kindly old farmer who lived at the edge of the bamboo forest. One day while he was working his field he found an injured sparrow. It was cold and wet and pitiful and the old man picked it up and rushed home. He held the little bird against his chest to warm it and fed it some rice on his finger and soon it was hopping around and chirping. It flew up onto the rafters and settled down.
The old man laughed and smiled. "Look after the little thing.", he told has wife as he went back to the fields.
Now his wife was not as kindly as him and she did not want him wasting food on some bird. When it flew back down begging to be fed she hit it with her broom, cut out its tongue and threw the bird out the window.
When the old man returned that evening and found the little bird missing she said that the bird had bitten her and then she had chased it away. Worried, the old man went out looking for the little sparrow to make sure it was not hurt. He heard some sparrows in the bamboo forest and followed the sounds until he found a patch near an Ume tree where lots of sparrows gathered. They all greeted him and thanked him for taking care of the little bird. To reward him they offered him his choice of two baskets, one large, one small. Being old and tired from his long day of work, he chose the smaller and carried it back to his house.
He told his wife all about the sparrow's inn and the two baskets and how happy the sparrows seemed. When they opened the basket they found it filled with some fine silk and jewels. His wife was furious; "Why didn't you get the big basket?" she shouted. She stormed out of the house and went to search for the sparrows inn. When she found the bamboo grove near the great Ume tree she grabbed the big basket even though the little sparrows begged her not to take it.
On the way home she simply could not wait to see all the jewels and treasure it must hold and so opened the box to find it filled with snakes and scorpions. Frightened, she ran off into the bamboo forest and was never seen again.
The tale is called "The tongue cut Sparrow" and is a typical essay on love and greed. Mr. Masanori Omote, a maki-e shi(or Master) created this pen that so reminds me of that tale.
I imagine that here I can see the sparrows that welcomed the old man to their inn hidden in the bamboo grove near the Ume (plum) tree. They are clinging to bamboo with some plum blossoms in the background.
This is the smallest Danitrio model, about the same size as the Platinum #3776, Sailor 1911, Nakaya Cigar Portable Writer, Pilot Nippon Art, Montblanc 146 or 147. It's a comfortable size but a model Danitrio seems to have discontinued. This particular series was made around 2010 IIRC and in several different Urushi base colors. It's just over 5.5" long capped; 4.25" unposted and weighs about 25g. It's cartridge/converter and uses the international standard format. The nib is 18K gold and made by JoWo.
And so for the pictures:
His signature and chop
http://www.fototime.com/1E6982C3E3C2F1A/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/C949179F1C997C2/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/653878A718F4389/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/CF32A9CD516B87C/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/404E3AD93FDD439/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/504311FF8A2455C/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/381CD2C1E309C0D/large.jpg
Click here to see the details of the maki-e work (large file) (http://www.fototime.com/653878A718F4389/orig.jpg)
The old man laughed and smiled. "Look after the little thing.", he told has wife as he went back to the fields.
Now his wife was not as kindly as him and she did not want him wasting food on some bird. When it flew back down begging to be fed she hit it with her broom, cut out its tongue and threw the bird out the window.
When the old man returned that evening and found the little bird missing she said that the bird had bitten her and then she had chased it away. Worried, the old man went out looking for the little sparrow to make sure it was not hurt. He heard some sparrows in the bamboo forest and followed the sounds until he found a patch near an Ume tree where lots of sparrows gathered. They all greeted him and thanked him for taking care of the little bird. To reward him they offered him his choice of two baskets, one large, one small. Being old and tired from his long day of work, he chose the smaller and carried it back to his house.
He told his wife all about the sparrow's inn and the two baskets and how happy the sparrows seemed. When they opened the basket they found it filled with some fine silk and jewels. His wife was furious; "Why didn't you get the big basket?" she shouted. She stormed out of the house and went to search for the sparrows inn. When she found the bamboo grove near the great Ume tree she grabbed the big basket even though the little sparrows begged her not to take it.
On the way home she simply could not wait to see all the jewels and treasure it must hold and so opened the box to find it filled with snakes and scorpions. Frightened, she ran off into the bamboo forest and was never seen again.
The tale is called "The tongue cut Sparrow" and is a typical essay on love and greed. Mr. Masanori Omote, a maki-e shi(or Master) created this pen that so reminds me of that tale.
I imagine that here I can see the sparrows that welcomed the old man to their inn hidden in the bamboo grove near the Ume (plum) tree. They are clinging to bamboo with some plum blossoms in the background.
This is the smallest Danitrio model, about the same size as the Platinum #3776, Sailor 1911, Nakaya Cigar Portable Writer, Pilot Nippon Art, Montblanc 146 or 147. It's a comfortable size but a model Danitrio seems to have discontinued. This particular series was made around 2010 IIRC and in several different Urushi base colors. It's just over 5.5" long capped; 4.25" unposted and weighs about 25g. It's cartridge/converter and uses the international standard format. The nib is 18K gold and made by JoWo.
And so for the pictures:
His signature and chop
http://www.fototime.com/1E6982C3E3C2F1A/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/C949179F1C997C2/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/653878A718F4389/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/CF32A9CD516B87C/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/404E3AD93FDD439/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/504311FF8A2455C/large.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/381CD2C1E309C0D/large.jpg
Click here to see the details of the maki-e work (large file) (http://www.fototime.com/653878A718F4389/orig.jpg)