John Kettler Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Brother Charles sent me a pic of a samurai after a grueling battle. He has a rather grisly traditional proof of success, so am not going to provide a hyperlink. Image appears to have been taken in Japan circa US Civil War when the samurai had their last hurrah before becoming relics of another time, and there are other pics online from this period, some hand tinted. To find this image, use the phrase (samurai with head), and I suggest you use the LinkedIn version, which is much larger than the one I got. The victorious samurai's armor is badly torn up, and you can see how close he came to losing. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hm, that is not too frightening, as it looks authentic. What else one find's under that header is shocking. Is our world really that sick) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 StieliAlpha, You have no idea! Here is a beautiful set of hand tinted samurai pics. http://www.boredpanda.com/last-samurai-photography-japan-1800s/ Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) 12 hours ago, John Kettler said: StieliAlpha, You have no idea! Here is a beautiful set of hand tinted samurai pics. http://www.boredpanda.com/last-samurai-photography-japan-1800s/ Regards, John Kettler Hi John Either we get different results in Google or you misunderstood me. No doubt that there is "normal" content, too. But one finds a lot of sick stuff under this header. Like the Vietcong (?) with his full shoulder pockets.... Edited August 9, 2016 by StieliAlpha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 StieliAlpha, How odd. In reaction to what you said, I just went through the entire primary page of Google Images under the search phrase I gave you. I didn't see a single image of the sort you report, and I don't have the filter results engaged. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 On 6.8.2016 at 9:27 AM, John Kettler said: ... and you can see how close he came to losing. I am pretty convinced that what you see in the hole in the armor is actually the bottom of his rib cage. I do not think he survived that fight either. Best regards Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasMorbo Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Wow, impressive photo......... It's one of those photos that, despite the technical limitations of the cameras of that time, still manages to relate the intensity of the moment. Even in WWII those pictures were seldom. For anyone interested, this book has many of those pictures:https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Camera-World-War-II/dp/0760310130 On 10.8.2016 at 5:05 AM, John Kettler said: StieliAlpha, How odd. In reaction to what you said, I just went through the entire primary page of Google Images under the search phrase I gave you. I didn't see a single image of the sort you report, and I don't have the filter results engaged. Regards, John Kettler Google collects all the data you entry into their various services (Goolge search engine, Youtube, etc.) and analyzes it to create a complete picture of your behaviour on the internet. They fit the settings of the Google Search Engine to your tastes and interests with the data aquired (and hell knows what else they do with all the data). So simply put, when you and a friend of yours type in the same search words you will never get the same answers/hits. 2 hours ago, Thomm said: I am pretty convinced that what you see in the hole in the armor is actually the bottom of his rib cage. I do not think he survived that fight either. Best regards Thomm Doesn't look like the bottom of the rib cage to me. That would be a deep, gaping hole and he wouldn't be standing anymore as part of the lungs would have been removed to see the bottom. It looks like a nasty gash still - one can assume that he received wounds by a blow which tears battle armour like that. I don't see any bare ribs, though. Optimist that I am I would give him a chance to have survived this. But then again, the chances of a Samurai to die of natural causes was rather small. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 44 minutes ago, DasMorbo said: Doesn't look like the bottom of the rib cage to me. That would be a deep, gaping hole and he wouldn't be standing anymore as part of the lungs would have been removed to see the bottom. It looks like a nasty gash still - one can assume that he received wounds by a blow which tears battle armour like that. I don't see any bare ribs, though. What I mean is the costal cartilage tissue connecting the sternum with the actual ribs. If you google up a picture of a human skeleton and scale it to fit the Samurai, this specific section of the frontal part of the rib cage falls into the location of the bright "stripes" on the photograph. The lungs and heart would still be fully covered. Of course, we cannot even be sure that we are looking at the same photograph. Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Ruddd Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 John - If you are talking about the image I think you are, that is a still from a Japanese history documentary, at least to a couple of web sites I found it on. In other words, staged. Besides, that image is way too clean for a 19th century photo, IMHO. Just my 2 Quatloos... Doug 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 9 hours ago, Douglas Ruddd said: Besides, that image is way too clean for a 19th century photo, IMHO. That struck me too. How many photographers in Japan at that time would have had the skills, equipment, and opportunity to take such a picture? Not claiming that it was more recent or faked, but I have to say that there is considerable uncertainty involved and that for the moment I wouldn't claim it as proof for anything. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 When I searched using the terms in the OP I found that the image was very close to still images from a samuri zombie movie. Can the OP please post a link to the image that they they think we are talking about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Typical Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Hm, that would in a way explain my earlier observation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yep, that's the that I found and then discovered that is from a zombie movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Another period colourised photo ( for the anatomy grogs :-) From the classic Ken Burns Civil War period documentary (uncut!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Wicky said: ( for the anatomy grogs :-) Thank you, Sir! Much appreciated! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasMorbo Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 ROFL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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