{"product_id":"gnarled-wood-shoulder-tap-scholars-implement","title":"Gnarled Wood Shoulder Tap Scholars Implement","description":"\u003cp\u003eA knurl of wood with a long handle threaded with purple chord used as a personal massage hammer (Katatataki) to tap the muscles on ones back and shoulders cut from a natural burl of yellow hard wood. It is 4.5 cm (just less than 2 inches) diameter, 21 cm (8-1\/4 inches) long and is in excellent condition. The name of a famous priest (Mokuan) is spuriously incised with precision and expertise into the handle. This type of implement lives in the realm of magonote which translates as grandchilds hand. As a priest would forsake the world and women, it was believed the spirits of his descendants that could never be born would inhabit these implements (back scratchers and shoulder massage hammers). A shoulder massage or back scratch would ordinarily be performed by the grandchild for an old man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kura Monzen Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199642763511,"sku":"SA076","price":67100.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-06-2915.50.47.jpg?v=1792478352","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/gnarled-wood-shoulder-tap-scholars-implement","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}