Shogi pieces craftsman "Fu-getsu 富月" made Satsuma-hon-tsuge (Satsuma boxwood) Inazuma-moku (lightning pattern wood grain), Ryoko-syo (Ryoko-syo script), Mori-age(embossed) Shogi pieces SHK-FG510-05

Calligraphy : Ryoko-syo (Ryoko-syo script) 'Ryoko-sho' is a script based on the calligraphy of Maki Ryoko, a calligrapher of the latter Edo Period, and with its clear, slender characters is a highly popular script, regardless of professional or amateur status.

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 : Inazuma-moku (lightning pattern wood grain) / Inazuma-moku (lightning grain) is a type of wood pattern created by reversing the grain orientation of Kujaku-moku (peacock grain), which usually spreads upward from the base to the top of the piece.
In Inazuma-moku, the pattern instead expands downward from the top toward the base (koma-jiri), resembling a bolt of lightning — hence its name.
Wood featuring moku (figured grain) is extremely rare and each piece has its own unique character.
Among these, Kujaku-moku and Inazuma-moku are considered exceptionally beautiful and of the highest quality.

Only a few Shogi pieces can be crafted from a single block of wood with such patterns, which means that creating a full matching set of Kujaku-moku or Inazuma-moku pieces requires multiple boxwood logs of similar tone and texture.
This makes these pieces exceptionally rare and highly prized.
*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 boxwood) Inazuma-moku (lightning pattern wood grain), Ryoko-syo (Ryoko-syo script), Mori-age(embossed) Shogi pieces
  Product No. ：SHK-FG510-05
  *Includes 2 extra pawn pieces ("amari-fu").
  Shogi pieces in a paulownia flat box


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