Sendaiko-Shu [Asahi Takumi] 6 shaku 7 sun, two-piece, stepped winding Sendaiko-Shu [Asahi Takumi] signature stamp A 6 shaku 7 sun, two-piece short rod with a quail-egg polished grip and stepped winding. Around 1988, because my house was nearby, I often went to the home of the second generation Ko-Shu (Haneda) to study rods. The second floor was the workshop for making rods, and in the Japanese-style room at the back of the first floor, there were several beautiful rods, old tool boxes, and small items left by the first generation Ko-Shu (Mr. Tetsutaro Haneda). About two years later, I asked the second generation Ko-Shu (because I really wanted to have them) and he gave me three of the rods that were on display. This [Asahi Takumi] is one of them. Rods with the Asahi Takumi signature were few in number, and I rarely saw them at the time. The second generation said that this rod was made by the first generation for some reason around 1955-1956? There was no bag when it was on display, and when I received it, the second generation hand-wrote one and gave it to me. (Perhaps the bamboo tube containing the tip was also made by the second generation?) Of course, since I received it, I have never used it, and I have displayed it alongside other bamboo rods. I can't know now whether the first generation used it. Perhaps, since the first generation's rods were also slender, it may have been made as a hooking rod. The base diameter is approximately 8 mm. 70 years have passed, and I think it is a rod full of romance. (It is a beautiful item) I am now 68 years old, and it has been over 15 years since I have held a rod. I would be happy if it caught the eye of a collector of Sendaiko-Shu who will cherish it. I took as many photos as possible (it's difficult to see in the photos, but the Asahi Takumi mark is also stamped on the base of the tip) It is a beautiful rod, but it is a used item, so please understand. (I apologize for the long explanation)