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Mempeki, literally translated, means "Facing the fall". It refers to the 9 year period of meditation by Daruma, the founder of the Zen Sect of Buddhism.
KISERUZUTSU SIGNED SOKOKU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A WOODEN TONKOTSU AND A STAGHORN KISERUZUTSU
Kiseruzutsu signed Sokoku, late 19th Century
The tonkotsu carved in relief with Okame disguised as Daruma, the reverse with the inscriptions Mempeki and a hossu, kiseruzutsu carved with Ikkaku Sennin with a pine branch, a metal ojime modelled as Daruma, signed Tenmin
tonkotsu, 7.5cm. wide and kiseruzutsu, 20cm. long
Kiseruzutsu signed Sokoku, late 19th Century
The tonkotsu carved in relief with Okame disguised as Daruma, the reverse with the inscriptions Mempeki and a hossu, kiseruzutsu carved with Ikkaku Sennin with a pine branch, a metal ojime modelled as Daruma, signed Tenmin
tonkotsu, 7.5cm. wide and kiseruzutsu, 20cm. long