![]() As Kiku boards the train to Tokyo Otoku cannot be found, and Fuku hands him a letter from her, explaining everything. The family agree that Kiku may perform in Tokyo. Otoku watches sadly from the wings, but she is happy for him. He has at last found his niche and the fame he had always sought as a kabuki actor. Kiku gives a bravura performance of Sumizome, a difficult and critical female role. He agrees that Kiku can play the part he was due to play on two conditions: one, that his acting has improved two, that he and Otoku separate, as this is needed to reconcile with their father. Otoku goes to meet Kiku's brother to beg that he be given an acting role in Tokyo, re-using the famous family name. Their position worsens and Otoku becomes very sick. She still loves him, but his love has clearly faded. Kiku has changed in character to the point where he even strikes her. A further four years pass and we see Kiku and Otoku on the road, their fellow actors squabbling over small amounts of money. When his uncle dies, four years later, he decides to join a travelling troupe and their times together become even harder. She becomes his common law wife and continues to encourage him. Then Otoku tracks down Kiku and re-inspires him. One year later, Kiku is acting alongside his uncle, Tamiro Naritaya in Osaka, but remains dissatisfied and wishes to join a traveling troupe. His family is outraged and Kiku is forced to leave Tokyo, taking the train to Nagoya, honing his art away from his father, much to the latter's wrath. When Otoku is dismissed by Kiku's family for her over-closeness to the young master, with the potential for scandal, Kiku tracks her down and states that he wishes to marry her. Otoku, who lives at the father's house as the young wet-nurse of the infant son of the father's natural son, is the only one frank enough to disclose his artistic shortcomings and urge him to improve himself. Whilst hypocritically praising Onoe's acting to his face, the rest of his father's troupe deride him behind his back. ![]() Below are the logs and some examples of it dry and turned.Kikunosuke Onoe, generally called Kiku, is the adopted son of a famous Tokyo kabuki actor, who is training to succeed his father in an illustrious career. Shipping your side would be to my relatives in CO., not out of the country. I am not sure the legality of shipping wood with bark on it to the States, so it may need to be cut into a blank prior to shipping. I can get more smaller diameter logs as well. I've got 3 logs right now that are around 50cmX8cm. Just thought this would be a good opportunity for some of you guys to try something new. ![]() I understand most turners are looking for exactly the opposite in wood and I normally source bow wood locally or from known suppliers of staves. I need to mention, bow quality wood is totally straight grained and free of defects or twist or it doesn't work. 4x4x90cm blank of straight-grained and clean wood of any of the following species: Apple, crabapple, plum, service/saskatoon wood, yew (thin ringed), osage, ebony or african blackwood, lignum vitae, katalox, black palm, camatillo, bocote, chechen or mesquite. ![]() I'm a bowyer and would like to trade for some bow quality wood. They need to dry some more I found out after cutting the ends off today. At any rate, it is a slow grower and it is rare to find anything of size like this. The name in Chinese is Chrysanthemum, but I can't determine the actual plant. To my knowledge, this isn't actually the flower, but the characteristics of this vines grain makes it look like the flower. I've got these x-large chrysanthemum logs that were cut two months ago.
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