Japanese Carved Wooden Buddhist Drum Mokugyo Set Vtg Altar Fitting Butsugu BA845 Angle Scribing Square Design: Blue sometsuke lines

Design: Blue sometsuke lines

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3 cm tall x 35

2 cm long x 99

It was published in 1938 (Showa 14)

Japanese Carved Wooden Buddhist Drum Mokugyo Set Vtg Altar Fitting Butsugu BA845 Angle Scribing Square Design: Blue sometsuke linesJapanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Wooden drum, Mokugyo This is a vintage Japanese Buddhist altar fitting, Mokugyo (a fish shaped wooden drum). Mokugyo is intended to keep the rhythm of sutra chanting by beating and sounding. It also helps to awaken people in sutra chanting. It is used in the Zen sect, Tendai sect, and Jodo sect. It can be used at home in front of a butsudan as well. This set comes with the drum itself, a beautifully carved and hollowed