Shogi pieces craftsman "Fu-getsu 富月" made Satsuma-hon-tsuge (Satsuma grown boxwood) Himawari-Moku Kinki-syo (Kinki style) Mori-age (Embossed) Shogi pieces SHK-FG503-02

Calligraphy : Kinki-syo
"Kinki-sho calligraphy" is very popular with its long history and dynamic writing.
"Kinki" is a very popular calligraphy style engraved on Shogi pieces.
There is a famous saying among Shogi players, "playing Shogi cannot start without Kinki and cannot end up without Kinki".

Shogi pieces types : Mori-age(Embossed)
'Mori-age-koma' is a piece made by filling the engraved characters with lacquer, and after drying and polishing the surface flat, finishing by using a brush to add more lacquer on top of the engraved lacquer parts to give slightly raised characters.
*You can view the shogi piece production process through the images provided.

Materials : Satsuma-hon-tsuge
Ranked equally with the finest quality wood grain of 'Mikurajima-hon-tsuge', 'Satsuma-hon-tsuge', with its hard and tenacious wood, is also referred to as 'Practicality is Satsuma-hon-tsuge'.

Wood grain : Himawari-Moku (Sunflower pattern wood grain)
Himawari-Moku (Sunflower pattern wood grain) / "Sunflower Moku" features a beautiful grain pattern that seems to spread from side to side of the piece.
There are two types of wood grain patterns: "Kujaku-moku"(peacock pattern wood grain) which looks like a peacock spreading its wings from the bottom to the top of the piece, and "Inazuma-moku"(Lightning pattern wood grain) which looks like a lightning bolt as it spreads from the top to the bottom of the piece.
This "Himawari-moku" piece is made of these "Kujaku-moku" and "Inazuma-moku" pieces cut horizontally.
"Moku" is a very rare type of wood with its own unique flavor.
"Himawari-moku" is one of the rarest of the "Moku" types.

*Please check the images.

This is an association for training shogi piece makers, organized by "Fugetsu", a famous craftsperson based in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
"Fugetsu" studied under Mr. Ito Kyutoku, who is entitled "Contemporary Master Craftsman" and based in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture, and is respected as one of the five greatest master craftsmen in Japan.
His craftsmanship shines through in the delicate, flowing calligraphy, and pseudonym engraved on the bottom of "Gyokusho" and "Osho" pieces, as well as in the plump, graceful moriage (raising with lacquer) technique.
Fugetsu's Shogi pieces have many fans among professional shogi players and are used in many title matches and Meijinsen tournaments.

• Shogi pieces craftsman "Fu-getsu 富月" made Satsuma-hon-tsuge (Satsuma grown boxwood) Himawari-Moku Shogi Kinki-syo (Kinki style) Engraved Shogi pieces Mori-age Shogi pieces
  Product No.：SHK-FG503-02
  *Includes 2 extra pawn pieces ("amari-fu").
  Shogi pieces in a paulownia flat box


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