Authentic Zen Style Wooden Fish Mokugyo, Whole New Muyu, For Personal or Temple Set All Sizes Available, Free World Shipping

Mokugyo literally "a wooden fish" is said to be the modification of the Hô. It is a peculiarly-shaped roundish solid block of wood with the inside hollowed out, and obtainable in all sizes. It has a fish-scale pattern on its body and where it tapers off into the form of a handle, a pair of eyes is carved. It is beaten with a stick, the top part of which is stuffed and wrapped with leather. The sound thus emitted has a strange hypnotic effect on the hearer. When it accompanies the sutra-reading, for example, before a teishô, it makes the minds of the audience properly receptive for what is to come.