Comments on: The nine-planet hunt http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/ Blogging Asian Art and Culture Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sanderson http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-4071 sanderson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:21:43 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-4071 There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

]]> By: Karen http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Karen Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:03:59 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-1014 Anybody out there watch the Samurai flicks Sat nights/9:35-10:30? In SF the station is KKSF (I think) channel 26/Marin it's comcast channel 8. If you want a greater understanding of "The Warring Era" watch these dramas. In Japanese, English subtitles. The current one is about a clan's efforts to retain their independence from Hideyoshi with Tokagowa Ieyasu riding their tail. Each storyline is a season. It makes seeing the real thing so interesting. And they are pretty accurate on details. Check 'em out then go back to exhibit, Karen Anybody out there watch the Samurai flicks Sat nights/9:35-10:30? In SF the station is KKSF (I think) channel 26/Marin it’s comcast channel 8. If you want a greater understanding of “The Warring Era” watch these dramas. In Japanese, English subtitles.

The current one is about a clan’s efforts to retain their independence from Hideyoshi with Tokagowa Ieyasu riding their tail. Each storyline is a season. It makes seeing the real thing so interesting. And they are pretty accurate on details.

Check ‘em out then go back to exhibit,

Karen

]]> By: modern-day samurai http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-212 modern-day samurai Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:43:24 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-212 Interesting....this symbol that the Hosokowa family uses in exactly the same as the one used by my grandmother's family, Takemura. Anyone here know why this might be? Interesting….this symbol that the Hosokowa family uses in exactly the same as the one used by my grandmother’s family, Takemura. Anyone here know why this might be?

]]> By: bittermelon http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-93 bittermelon Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:16:09 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-93 I just love that the crest is called Nine Planets. This was a great post, the "Where's Waldo"-esque approach is fun. I just love that the crest is called Nine Planets. This was a great post, the “Where’s Waldo”-esque approach is fun.

]]> By: xensen http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-85 xensen Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:09:48 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-85 Thanks, Melissa -- I knew you would know the answer! (Misa is Melissa Rinne, the museum's assistant curator of Japanese Art.) UPDATE: I made <a href="http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/06/30/the-nine-planetary-deities/" rel="nofollow">a new post expanding on this subject a little</a>. Thanks, Melissa — I knew you would know the answer! (Misa is Melissa Rinne, the museum’s assistant curator of Japanese Art.)

UPDATE: I made a new post expanding on this subject a little.

]]> By: misa http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-84 misa Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:56:29 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-84 The "nine planets" in the Hosokawa family crest are actually not all planets or even all celestial bodies. The concept comes from Indian cosmology--the nine grahas. See Wikipedia entry on same. The specific planets (or not) are listed toward the bottom, next to the deities who represent them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navagraha The “nine planets” in the Hosokawa family crest are actually not all planets or even all celestial bodies. The concept comes from Indian cosmology–the nine grahas.
See Wikipedia entry on same. The specific planets (or not) are listed toward the bottom, next to the deities who represent them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navagraha

]]> By: hwickline http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-81 hwickline Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:09:04 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-81 Thanks Xensen, My wife and I had speculated that that might be it. Now, is the moon in there, too, I wonder. Thanks Xensen,

My wife and I had speculated that that might be it. Now, is the moon in there, too, I wonder.

]]> By: xensen http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-76 xensen Sun, 31 May 2009 04:53:57 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-76 I think the ninth "planet" is actually the sun. In the crest it's larger, and the other eight orbs circle around it. I don't speak Japanese, but I understand the sun and planets take the same word in that language -- probably more like "celestial body" than "planet" in a very precise translation. I think the ninth “planet” is actually the sun. In the crest it’s larger, and the other eight orbs circle around it. I don’t speak Japanese, but I understand the sun and planets take the same word in that language — probably more like “celestial body” than “planet” in a very precise translation.

]]> By: hwickline http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-75 hwickline Sat, 30 May 2009 16:21:47 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-75 Very interesting post, and I too am really looking forward to the Samurai exhibition. Quick question for someone who knows: I'm guessing this crest is quite old, but Pluto wasn't discovered until 1930. Is the ninth planet something else, or is the crest not that old? Very interesting post, and I too am really looking forward to the Samurai exhibition. Quick question for someone who knows: I’m guessing this crest is quite old, but Pluto wasn’t discovered until 1930. Is the ninth planet something else, or is the crest not that old?

]]> By: cristina http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/05/27/the-nine-planet-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-68 cristina Fri, 29 May 2009 20:02:48 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=452#comment-68 Hi Shalom - Thanks for reading our blog! We can't wait for the exhibition to open either. The objects are spectacular and it has been a pleasure to work with them. Hi Shalom -
Thanks for reading our blog! We can’t wait for the exhibition to open either. The objects are spectacular and it has been a pleasure to work with them.

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