The first generation Akasaka Hyonosuke, my grandfather, aspired to be a "Buddhist image carver'', and moved to Osaka before the war.

After the war,
believing that "manufacturing technology is for the reconstruction of Japan,'' he moved to the world of industry such as injection molding molds.

He lost his left hand in a molding machine accident, and on the day he was released from the hospital, he made the brace shown in the photo with one hand, attached a chisel to it, and silently put his passion into "sculpting."

I guess he really liked the sculpture job.