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Cigar Piccolo ELEPHANTS

It is said that the elephants are symbols for good fortunes. We use such a good-luck symbols for the motif.
2 elephants are draw with tamesukashi technique. The color is Aka-tamenuri.

Cigar Portable BOOKS & AUTUMN SUNSHINE　

We tried to express the image of autumn with stacked books and leaves. We made use of the watermark on the skeleton barrel for the sunlight filtering through the trees. The transparency of the light will become clearer with the passage of time.

Cigar Piccolo IZUMO NO MGATAMA

Writer Portable AUTUMN COLORS

A lot of autumn leaves are drawn with Aka-tamesukashi technique. By making it 2 layers, the result is a deep finish with added depth.
For the grip section, finish of dense sprinkling with gold powders “Nashiji” technique is used and some leaves are drawn on it with Yako maki-e technique as an accent.

Writer Long PHEASANT CAT

A tabby cat is drawn with Tame-sukashi technique in the body. The paw prints are designed in the cap. Base is Aka-tamenuri.

Writer Long DARK NIGHT OWL

This pen is expressed ‘Owl’ under the layer of “Aka-tamenuri” technique.

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 Portable BLUE ASCENDING DRAGON

The motif is an Ascending Dragon. This is expressed by Ao-tamesukashi technique, painting light blue lacquer as a base and drawing the dragon motif with silver powder, then painting transparent blue lacquer on it.
Blue color is very difficult to adjust, so it will appear quite dark at first. Therefore, it may take some time for the motif to become visible. Please enjoy the changes time goes by.

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. 

Cigar Long RED ASCENDING DRAGON

The motif is the populer dragon. This is an ascending dragon design based on an old Chinese painting, which symbolizes healthy growth of children and the fulfillment of great wishes. The motif is drawn using silver powder and paint lacquer that has transparency on it. This is the Tame-sukashi technique let motifs to be seen through. The base color is Aka-tamenuri which is vermilion base paint and Shuai-urushi (transparent amber color lacquer) on the base. A cloud is drawn in gold under the screw, and a jewel ball is drawn on the grip section using the Tame-sukashi technique.
“Tame-sukashi” technique is a technique adding Maki-e taste to Tame-nuri. Drawing motifs with Maki-e on the base, and paint highly transparent Shuai lacquer. As time goes by, the top coat lacquer becomes more transparent, you can enjoy the changes to see through the ground color and maki-e.