Teppo kake

[Gilles]

Gentlemen,

 

I am looking for pictures of horizontal single teppo kake made of wood. If you have original and old examples from the Edo or Bakumatsu era, I will need some pictures of those if you can share them.

 

Thank you for your help.

[Bugyotsuji]

Not here with me now, and I have not consciously taken photos of stands, just incidentally.
Most stands were upright, of course, but you do see horizontal ones for heavier guns.

(Just now looking through photo albums…)

 

30 Monmé for example

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

15 Monmé in foreground.

50 Monmé behind.

 

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Here’s a better shot for the 50 Monmé rest, to which I have added leather pads. This is not a ‘typical’ style (a little tall) but I was glad to have found it.

 

[Tengu1957]

Here is one I like for larger guns. I want to get some other ones made. There is a notch in the base to hold the stock steady .

[Gilles]

Dear Piers and Gary,

 

Thank you so much for your pictures. It is exactly what I was looking for.