Craftsmanship in Wood

Below are two daruma made by Baba Masayuki an apprentice of Kozaburo Hasegawa.
Both daruma are 200 monme which I think is about the heaviest hammer used for chiseling.
On the left another Masayuki genno on the right a fun ate genno by Hiroki who also apprenticed under Kozaburo.

Gorgeous, might I ask where you purchased your Funate?

...might I ask where you purchased your Funate?

Mandara-ya sells them. About $80~100, depending upon weight.

Thanks Chris but I'm not familiar.

http://www2.odn.ne.jp/mandaraya/hiroki- ... nnnou.html

No stock at the moment though.

ProShop Hokuto has some Hiroki gennō, but not the funate type:

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~ttoishi/sub7.htm

Ishikawa also lists them for sale, but no stock:

http://www.e-kanamonoya.jp/contents%2029.html

Scroll most of the way down the page and you'll see them listed.

Thanks Chris!

My wife has pain issues and sometimes cannot fall asleep.
The story that you posted on your blog about why the Japanese
call a hammer 'genno' turns out to be extremely soporific. Sleeping pill
consumption at our house is way down. Thanks, Chris.

Not sure if I should take that as a compliment or not

Compliment!

Perhaps I should focus more on posts which tend to induce slumber - though some say that describes most of them.