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Cigar Long LOVELY RABBITS

A couple rabbits motif is made based on the famous”Chojyugiga” pictures. The wife and husband rabbits are enjoying the moon in gentle atmosphere. This is the first model of mixture of 2 techniques refer to Tame-nuri. A pair of rabbits were expressed by ‘Tame-sukashi’ which is under the layer, a cloud of moon was expressed by ‘Yako-nuri’ which is over the layer. 

Writer Piccolo GRAPES & WINE GLASS　

Wine glass was drew by Tamesukashi technique and Yakoh-Makie.
We put Raden (sea shell) to some parts of the banch of grapes.

Cigar Long ROKAKU-SANSUIZU　

The two-layered Tame-sukashi technique gives a deep sumi-e like finish to the motif, “Landscape with a Castle”. Draw motifs on a black colored base with the tame-sukashi technique. Then, draw motifs on that previous layer with tame-sukashi technique. This creates depths to the motifs. Unlike aka-tamenuri and kuro-tamenuri, which use shu (vermilion) as a base color, the background does not become brighter but only the motifs become more vivid.

The motif is based on “Landscape with a Castle” drawn to 6 songs 1 double folding screen by Ikeno Taiga, a painter from the middle of the Edo period. The Castle and Landscape are each depicted to the right and left panels.

Cigar Long WILD DRAGON

This is a popular dragon motif. Designed with the image of a Japanese dragon, with a more ferocious facial expression than ascending dragon. A jewel is held in the dragon’s hand, and a magatama, an ancient Japanese ornamental stone is inside the jewel. A dragon’s claw designed like a tomoe crest is drawn in the grip section.

Cigar Long Suzu Ishime (Midori)　

It is “Suzu Ishime” which uses “roasted tin powder” instead of Kanshitsu (dry lacquer) powder.
Using the roasted tin powder made it possible to creates the material finish.
This Suzuishime green uses the special blue-green color lacquer for the base, and the finish becomes soft and bright.

“Ishime” is created with the special technique that makes stone like texture on the surface.
When the dry lacquer powder is sprinkled on a lacquered surface, surface tension works and the powder gathered in places.
Making use of the clumps created by chance, layer the lacquer, let it fix, and then polish it to create “Ishime”.
It will be the “cobblestone-like” finish in the garden.

NeoStandard FOX with 9 TAILS　

The nine tailed fox motif is drawn with Shiro-tamesukashi technique. A fox fire also drawn on the grip section with the same technique.
In ancient China, the nine tailed fox was a golden furred legendary creature that was considered a good omen that would bring happiness and a good world. But it was thought to be a kind of a supernatural creature, “yoko” that has passed many years, later on.