Memory Lane Part 16A: A Cultural Mini Detour To The 80s
Carved in 1890 from wood and wax, this sculpture in the collection of Sheffield's Weston Park Museum depicts a 21 match bout between 12th century Samurai, Kawazu Saburo and Matano Goro. Matano was beaten and obviously was left humiliated. Like all good losers, he then had his opponent assassinated. *takes notes* Now this is not only a wonderful work in wax and wood - stunningly lifelike - but when I sent a pic of it to my old friend Professor Darren Ashmore over at Akita University a while back, he reminded me of spending time in the museum when we were but level 2 Frothers in the 80s. We would often sit in galleries, and talk games, absorbing the culture. As Darren said, one particular snowy afternoon stands out in our memories. Secondly, in the grounds I came across the site where once stood a 3-sided stone-built park shelter, now sadly replaced with this: Back in 1987 over the weekend of the Triples show, whilst all my club mates slept in hotel beds, I w...
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