Small boat ...

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_ Small boat  ...   ( call it is BOAT ? )
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It has a very nice side profile. was wondering if I could get a look inside to see how much is hollowed out? I've found a couple of boat stones with a nice side view but the insides were not hollowed out. sure hope yous is. my friend has a perfect one and he displays it in a suiban with sand and a pole laid diagonally across it's mid section.

Well Hung!
IMHO #1 looks like a American Indian Canoe,
but both are very nice examples of this style... 
Ask Guy Jim on www.Aisekikai.com Jim has a large collection,
and has complied extensive information, email questions
stonener
*? i c*

Very nice. I want it!  

Hello My Friends - Members IBC Forum ,
I send this image to Dick Benbow , to Bugeye , and My Friends - Stonener ... for enjoy and thank you very much your comments .
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trantanhung_nt wrote:Hello My Friends - Member IBC Forum ,
_ Small boat  ...   ( call it is BOAT ? )
Invite you to enjoy and share ...
Thank you very much .
Hưng - Trần .
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Number one. Skiff is true to the lakes and rivers.
Thank .

Hi Hung-Tran...  

Repeating a comment from last year regarding the traditional boat-shaped suiseki...

Meihinten thread 2012, Chris wrote:The peeled granite kurama-ishi crescents are best-known as boat stones, but could arguably be appreciated as "water pool"/mizutamari stones.  

An article in California Aiseki Kai magazine suggested any "boat-shaped stone"/funagata-ishi appreciated as landscape-view stone (the most narrow limit of suiseki appreciation) should be read as a plain boat that has been partially submerged in still water (arguably, as a "landscaping folly").  Well-known Japanese gardens contain just such a plain, partially-submerged boat in pond--e.g., Nezu Museum garden, Tokyo-- linked HERE.  Combining the boat-shaped stone with water perceived in its interior (whether actually pooled or not) might add another level of consideration & feeling for boat-shaped suiseki observers.

For suiseki in this "plain boat" form, the prow is raised, which indicates the directional flow of the stone affecting placement in the suiban.  Note stone #40 in this year's Nippon Suiseki Meihinten...


In suiseki circles, a boat with a mast would be considered an object stone rather than a landscape view. The "Treasure Ship" (Takara-bune) representing good fortune is a masted boat seen with some frequency as an okimono and occasionally as a suiseki.

Sensei Chris!... 
Now this is the kind of mind expanding informative dissemination,
I have come to depend on from you! Spot on!, on target and greatly appreciated!
Truly food for thought and contemplation... 
#40 I to was enamored with it's great beauty, the thin almost egg shell quality!,
the length, projected direction, surface texture and ancient look are simply fabulous!...   
other than the shape and size of the suiban, I would have used a oval of a much larger size.
Having said that I am also aware of the difficultly of owning every perfect item needed... 
The Suiban and Sand colors however play out perfectly with this very impressive stone display.
Which by the way, I think one of Andre's kusamonos would help make it look even better... 
stonener
*treasure ship*

Hi Stonener... This stone was sponsored by Kunio Kobayashi at this year's Meihinten. His tray choice was not due to lack of options. Perhaps, he wished us to imagine a boat partially submerged in a small pond (as in the Nezu Museum garden photo) with its option for locomotion cramped. It feels quite opposite the open-space perceived in art works of a lone boat returning to the Red Cliff edging Dongtian Lake.

Hummm perhaps Chris!
Thank You Sir for your time and willingness to help us learn...
stonener
*is less more?*

I see a very old shipwreck, gone out of shape a long time ago, partly burried in sand, and filled with Water after the last tide...( the stone is filled with Water)
The collor of the suiban is very nice with the stone...the sice too, and the frame of the suiban is nice and firm to complete the pretty remains of the ship, that once had a firm frame it self.

The collor of the suiban is found in the stone, this is why I think the strong frame is nice.....does the collor not be found in the stone, is a more quiet frame maybe better....

Just a thought

Kind regards Yvonne

I agree with Yvonne. I couldnt see the water inside on my screen.  

Hello Yvonne ,
... " just a thought "  _ I am agree with your good imagination ...
Thank you your share .
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Hello My Friends - Members IBC Forum ,
This is a topic so very interesting for me , I will read them all again to be much more interesting ...
Thank you very much for the article and sharing your experience of Mr . Chris , Yvonne , Dick Benbow , Bageye , congtoan49 , Stonener ... and all Friends - Members IBC Forum .
Sincerely ,
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Again My Friend Hung!... 
Getting back to your "plain boat" landscape stones!
Very Hard to find any better shape, color or ware!... 
I would be proud to own ether stone now or ever!
After all is said and done their truly beautiful suiseki... 
stonener
*no stick*

Hello Stonener ,
This stone also is it , but it describes what else ...? I ' d like hear your comment Stonener - My Friend ...
Thank you very much your share time .
Sincerely ,
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OMG! (oh my god) That stone is Fantastic Hung... 
Absolutly perfect! I have never seen better!...   
I am over whelemed by the quality of your finds!... 
wow I guess you really "showed them" your stuff! ha... 
now wondering what others have to say about this one... 
stonener
*treasured ship*

Hi Trantanhung

I would love to see the stone from above  

Kind regards yvonne