{"id":1627,"date":"2010-09-27T23:04:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T14:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-09-27\/1627"},"modified":"2010-09-27T23:04:33","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T14:04:33","slug":"bonking-the-biggest-mokugyou-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-09-27\/1627","title":{"rendered":"Bonking the Biggest Mokugyou<\/i> In the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBonking The Biggest Mokugyou<\/i> in the World<\/span>\ntwo years ago at the Youkouji Temple, Kyoto Japan\nwhen Anthony was 5½ years old\n<\/div>\n\n

A mokugyou<\/i><\/b> (literally “Wooden Fish<\/a>”) is a\nhollow<\/span> musical instrument carved out of a single<\/span> piece of wood. They can\nrange in size from fairly small walnuts, to the size seen in the photo\nabove, the largest mokugyou<\/i> in the world. The sound<\/span> is appreciably deep.<\/p>\n\n

A mokugyou<\/i> is often used in Buddhist rites, such as seen in this photo<\/a> from one\nof the funeral rites of Fumie's grandmother, two and a half<\/span> years ago. The photos<\/span> on this page are at the Youkouji Temple (\u6c38\u8208\u5bfa),<\/span> taken after the\nfollow-on funeral rite seen in Kotsuiri<\/i> —\n“Placing of the Bones”<\/a>,<\/span> when her bones were interred at the temple's\ngraveyard.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 22 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

It's been on my mind to post this ever since. I recall<\/span> that they told me\nall kinds of stuff about it (how old it is, etc.), but now I don't<\/span> recall. I stop by<\/span> every so often to tend to the grave marker, so I really<\/span> should ask them\nfor the particulars on the thing.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>25 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOutside Detail<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 20 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWider View<\/span>\nThe big mokugyou<\/i> is behind the red tassels on the right,\nwhile a smaller one for day-to-day use is right behind Anthony\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>180 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTemple Passageways<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 32 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOutside Art<\/span>\npartially submerged dragon, I think\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mokugyou<\/b> (literally \"Wooden Fish\") is a hollow musical instrument carved out of a single piece of wood. They can range in size from fairly small walnuts, to the size seen in the photo above, the largest mokugyou in the world. The sound is appreciably deep.<\/p>

A mokugyou is often used in Buddhist rites, such as seen in this photo from one of the funeral rites of Fumie's grandmother, two and a half years ago. The photos on this page are at the Youkouji Temple (\u6c38\u8208\u5bfa), taken after the follow-on funeral rite seen in Kotsuiri -- \"Placing of the Bones\", [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}