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Shogi pieces craftsman "Tomiishi(富石)" made Satsuma-hon-tsuge (Satsuma boxwood) Aka-masa (strong reddish color and straight wood grain) Kinki-syo (Kinki script) mori-age (embossed) Shogi pieces

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Shogi pieces craftsman "Tomiishi(富石)" made Satsuma-hon-tsuge (Satsuma boxwood) Aka-masa (strong reddish color and straight wood grain) Kinki-syo (Kinki script) mori-age (embossed) Shogi pieces.

"Tomiishi" is a piece maker who learned piece making under "Fugetsu," a piece maker who is regarded as one of the top five masters of the modern age.
He is highly regarded for his precise and accurate piece-making based on the craftsmanship skills he has cultivated through ironworking techniques.

These Shogi pieces are splendid and beautiful with the carving and embossing techniques cultivated over many years.
"Fuji Koma no Kai" (Shogi Pieces Craftsman Association) / The Shogi Craftsman Training Association is organized by "Fugetsu," a Shogi craftsman based in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
"Tomiishi" is a piece craftsman who learned piece making under "Fugetsu," a piece craftsman who is regarded as one of the top five masters of the modern age.
He is highly regarded for his precise and accurate piece-making based on the craftsmanship skills he has cultivated through ironworking techniques.

'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.
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'.
Aka-masa: Aka-masa, as the name implies, is a wood with the strong reddish color and straight grain.
It does not have the flamboyance of Tora-fu (tiger spots wood grain) or Ne-moku (root pattern wood grain), but it has the elegance of quarter-sawn grain, and its hardness and sharpness make it a popular choice for many people who prefer Masame to Mokume.

"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 craftsman "Tomiishi(富石)" made Satsuma-hon-tsuge (Satsuma boxwood) Aka-masa (strong reddish color and straight wood grain) Kinki-syo (Kinki script) mori-age (embossed) Shogi pieces
  • Shogi pieces in a paulownia flat box

  • 1,000 JPY flat rate shipping within Japan, free shipping for purchases totaling 20,000 JPY or more.
    Please bear the actual cost for shipping charges outside Japan.
You may find small knots, burrs, rolled-in bark as all these products are made of natural trees.
There may be some small flaw or scratch, dent, chipping.

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