NAKAYA Kissho series " Gengei houchu "

NAKAYA Kissho series
" A Flying Dragon (飛龍) "

Ryukyu (Okinawa) Tsuikin technique " A Flying Dragon (飛龍)"

Nakaya has completed a brand new dragon by using the Ryukyu (Okinawa) Tsuikin technique.
The Ryukyu Tsuikin has been found by a hint of Tsuishu technique in 1700's.
In Tsuishu technique, a craftman rubs several colors of Urushi lacquer ware into the layer and engrave to express an accumulated
colors.
On the other hand, in Ryukyu Tsuikin technique a craftman mix pigments with Urushi like a rice cake and make a shape partly.
After that, he cut by a knife one by one and pastethem to the pen body.
A heaped up Urushi coiled around the fountain pen,throb feeling and reality have been put out.

A body is Ebonite, black lacquer ware is Wajima roiro finish.

Price US $1,700 ( JPY 200,000)

This artwork is the 1st edition. The 2nd edition use a longer barel and a dragon is coiling a fountain pen (You can see it
on this page).
For the 3rd edition, a dragon stays at a Desk pen. (Please have a look atthis page .)

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