Talk:Moppan

Creation, call for help

Documentation of those traditional wooden gongs (木版, もっぱん, moppan) is very scant on the web and elsewhere apparently! The problem is compounded by the fact that 木版 has a second pronunciation in Japanese (もくはん, mokuhan) which means "woodblock for printing". Moppans are also called kai-han, but this is the name of thousands of people too. The best page I have found is at "https://terebess.hu/zen/szoto/hangszersz.html". An illustration of the gong itself would be welcome. There are zillions of "mokuhan" (wood prints) on Wikimedia Commons but no "moppan" or "junshō-ban". There are some on the web (just search for images of 木版 moppan or 巡照板 junshō-ban and see "https://zencentermanila.wordpress.com/zen-instruments/" or "https://imagemart.jp/ja/contents/146810770", but I don't know if those are free... Frederic Y Bois (talk) 12:56, 1 May 2026 (UTC)