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  • A bamboo by silver powder

    Price: 1,000$
    As required by a foreign customer, Nakaya expressed a bamboo written with a brush pen. Bamboo has been described in silver powder by "Tsuke-gaki"method. Although bamboo is a traditional motif, silver bamboo with dark green Urushi as background is fresh. For further requirement on this artwork, please feel free to ask us.
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  • Dragon and White Tiger

    Price: 12,000$
    In the request from an overseas customer, we Nakaya have developed this product where we have artistically expressed 'Dragon' and "White Tiger", two among the four gods. In our history of special orders, it is a work which is the most expensive in cost and most longest time to complete. Approx. six months for finalization of layout sketch alone and more than ten months to complete the product.
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  • Mie-kiri-oni Makie-e

    Price: 11,000$
    "Mie-kiri" means "posing" in Japanese Kabuki dance. And "oni" means demon in Japanese We have developed this model as per request from an overseas customer. It took two months in sketching(selection of the material and the technique) and six months in production. This lead time is almost same as the lead time of our another high class product "Dragon and White lion" which have been introduced at the same corner.(DEC/2006)
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  • Whale and Wave 1

    Price: 7,200$
    In ancient days, " whale" have been treated as a greatest among the mammals with power to get over the waves. The image of the waves have been expressed very finely with finishing of lines in gold. Whale's eye have been expressed in golden plate and moustache with gold lines, one by one. Body part is decorated with charcoal powder, finished in black lacquer. Sun set have been expressed with golden powder followed by dull green and red (shu) colors through Akebono-nuri technique. Moreover, the wave is piled up with silver as the material, and each wave rises like one mountain differing each other height, shows that sees from side externals with which the wave is seen faced each other. It is designed to show all waves join at the axis point. The whale which is the main motif is finished up after it piles it up with chacoal by black wax color, and drawing of the teeth and beard is done in gold one by one and artistically. The background is decorated in Akebono paint. It can be said that the excellent background of Akebono paint which uses golden powder for fine expression, is an example of excellent artwork expressed in whale.
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  • Whale and Wave 2

    Price: 8,000$
    In ancient days, " whale" have been treated as a greatest among the mammals with power to get over the waves. The image of the waves have been expressed very finely with finishing of lines in gold. Whale's eye have been expressed in golden plate and moustache with gold lines, one by one. Body part is decorated with charcoal powder, finished in black lacquer. Sun set have been expressed with golden powder followed by dull green and red (shu) colors through Akebono-nuri technique. Moreover, the wave is piled up with silver as the material, and each wave rises like one mountain differing each other height, shows that sees from side externals with which the wave is seen faced each other. It is designed to show all waves join at the axis point. The whale which is the main motif is finished up after it piles it up with chacoal by black wax color, and drawing of the teeth and beard is done in gold one by one and artistically. The background is decorated in Akebono paint. It can be said that the excellent background of Akebono paint which uses golden powder for fine expression, is an example of excellent artwork expressed in whale.
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  • Seasonal flower 1

    Price: 7,200$
    Peony, daffodil, violet, horsetail, fern, camellia and bellflower all are finely expressed in one single barrel. Golden cuts on some parts and complete lacqering give a feeling of solid touch.
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  • Palmet

    Price: 1,200$
    Nakaya brand new model based on white "Urushi" lacquer ware. (Base model ; Nakaya Cigar model portable size.) As you see, a pen was finished by white "Urushi" and done Maki-e by black "Urushi" for a motif. Please see below for an explanation about a motif 'Palmet' .
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  • Camellia

    Price: 3,100$
    We made Camellia flower based on Sumi "Indian ink" technique. A background is white lacquer ware with gold powders. A camallia is black Urushi after Sumi-ko heaping up technique. The pistil is made by Nashiji (matt finishing) and sprinkled by gold powders. A small bud on the barrel was heaped with silver powders and drew by colored Urushi, finally srrinkled with gold powders.
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  • The Dragon in the heaven

    Price: 7,000$
    Dragon is an imaginated living creature. Transmitted from China from old times, dragon possess only the good features of all the living creatures. And is considered as the most esteemed among the animals, offering a happy symptom with the feeling of awe by people. Powerful flames coming out from the mouth and the feeling of staring eyes from any angle is artistically expressed exactly as demanded by the customer.
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  • Dragon with cloud

    Price: 6,000$

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  • Dragonfly

    Price: 4,500$
    Nakaya expressed three dragonflies as one pattern on the barrel, based on a black"Roiro" finished Urushi Maki-e. This design concept have been developed during the conversation with a customer.
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  • Dragon fly

    Price: 6,000$
    We use very thin skin of the shellfish "Shiro-cho-gai" for making the　wings of a dragonfly. ("Shiro" means white, "cho" means a butterfly, and "gai" equals "kai" which means a shellfish). In order to put the wings on the curved surface of a pen, a craftsman carefully and finely cut it and paste those fine pieces on the pen. This technique is called "Wari-gai".("Wari" means to break or cut). As to the body of a dragonfly, Taka-maki-e technique (the raised lacquerwork) is used for several times so as to express the three dimensional appearance in fine detail. As the finishing, the gold powder is put on and the other fine details are drawn. As the background of the dragonfly, the image of the shinning clouds at sunset is expressed on the barrel. First, "Kin-hirame" (the rough gold powder) and then the gold powder are sprinkled. Wajima maki-e artists use several colors and kinds of red ("shu") urushi such as "Aka-kuchi-shu" (deep red), "Arai-shu" (orange-red), "Nashiji-urushi" and so on. They also paint, dry and polish with their respective materials. Finally, the fine details are drawn and "Tsuyu-tama" (platinum powder) is sprinkled. A dragonfly is traditionally the insect symbolizing the victory and has the image of a good omen in Japan. The red urushi has been used for a longtime because the people respect the color as the symbol of the sun, a flame or a life.
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  • A Forget-me-not

    Price: 1,200$
    For a Japanese female customer, Nakaya expressed a 'A Forget- me-not'. Base color is Nakaya "Kikyo" blue and leaves in green with silver powder.Also, the word "雅心（miyabi-kokoro)"is described by "Ashide" technique. The "Ashide technique" is entering Kanji character to pictures by deforming charcters. We do not have a picture, but a few bees are drew on a converter. The price of body alone is $1,200, in addition to it, a clip is K18 white gold ($300), and nib is 2 tone color($100) , so a total price is $1,600. as whole. For further requirement on this artwork, please feel free to contact us.
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  • Ryukyu(Okinawa) Bingata　the 2nd version

    Price: 1,800$
    By the request from a customer, we developed the second model which is based on the motif of "Ryukyu Bingata", a traditional craft from Okinawa.
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  • Kingfisher 2

    Price: 3,500$
    Based on the design concept of the Balance control model, Maki-e is done as per the customer's sketch.
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  • Fighting Roosters

    Price: 8,000$
    The Maki-e tachinic for ths artwork is used welknown traditional method. We Nakaya paid attention to describe a throb feeling and detail description. Please enjoy the expression of scattering like feathers. dancing For further requirement on this artwork, please feel free to ask us.
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  • Hagi (Bush clover)

    Price: 3,500$
    Same as the Nakaya regular Maki-e collection "Nanten Karakusa", the surface is sprinkled by platinum powders and "Hagi"are also described by platinum powders. Shu (red) parts will be much more redish day by day. It became an elegant piece of art. A grip section is also sprinkled by platinum powders and a "hagi" is described. Please ask us for further questions.
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  • A raspberry

    Price: 2,800$
    A motif is written by a hand, and leaves and a part of raspberries are done by "Togi-dashi"(polish) technique. As you know , A color of Urushi lacquer ware is not pure white, however the white color this time is match with a motif. The clor will be bright gradually. For further requirement on this artwork, please feel free to ask us.
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  • Hanuman

    Price: 3,600$
    Hanuman, a monkey god, is one of the important characters in the Ramayana. Hanuman came to the aid of Rama, a hindu god and helped to defeat evil Ravana and release Sita, wife of Rama from Ravana's grasp. Hanuman is treated as a symbol of trustworthy and alert. In order to decorate the dress of Hanuman, this time Nakaya have used coral, first in the Nakaya history.
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  • Ganesh

    Price: 3,600$
    Ganesh is a god of prosperity and wisdom in hindu religion. With his elephant head Ganesh is probably the most easily recognized among the gods and also the most popular and important as well. Ganesh's parents are Shiva and Parvati and his vehicle is mouse. Background is artistically decorated with pearl and dress is decorated with coral, same as Hanuman. Pictures below from page1.to 6 is the latest model, some details like crown is expressd more in detail.
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  • Krishna

    Price: 3,600$
    We got the order of the Krishna god of the hero who appeared in an Indian myth. The Krishna god is said the eighth incarnation of the Vishunu god of Hinduism, assumed all incarnation's origins, and a god popularfrom India to the world.
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  • Bamboo

    Price: 8,000$
    A bamboo keeps its color green, and has deilcacy which endures against hard weather like snow and storm. By this reason, this theme has been liked by Japanese people for long time. One more reason, a bamboo breaks through when expands up, the above part　will be occured. This meaning warns person's arrogance. The background is green Urushi lacquew ware and bamboos are described in silver color by 'Tsukegaki' technique.
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  • Jurojin

    Price: 27,000$
    We Nakaya started several kinds of Urushi lacqerling, patterns , after that proceeded to plants, animals and a cleature in the regend. Final target will be a human being and express a mastle of men and skin of women beautifully and realisticly. Nakaya plans to take 10 years to achieve this artwork.A motif this time is god and one step before the human being. It has taken 2 years to complete. A motif is called "Jurojin", a god of Taoism and also one of the seven gods of good fotune in Japan. This god loves "Sake" (Japanese liquer) and always brushes his long face. He carries `Maki-momo' (a scrolled documents ) and accompany with a clain which is also a symbol of long life. A background is gold nashiji ,Jurojin has been done by Maki-e in gold, silver and Ao-kin (blueish) powders after Gin-Yuji technique. (a heaping up the motif by silver) A crain has done by the same technique as well and a a prt of it's wing has lacquerd in black roiro Urushi and put lines on it. A mountain is polished in gold, a balley is polished in silver, after that drew a picture in gold. Finally a craftmen finished by roiro to gross surface and has complete. Some detail part such as lines of clothes had to take a long time ,however we think we could catch up a little with the highest technique of the most populer time of Maki-e in Edo period.
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  • Seiohbo

    Price: 40,000$
    This work is completed by using the technique of "Kakiwari Maki-e" following former work Jurojin after the production period of more than one year.. The subject is "Seiohbo" ,the goddess that gives the power to confer a long life. A background of Seiohbo is Maki-e of gold powders and Kin-Hirame. (very thick gold plate.) Clouds and other part of the back ground are partly the same hight, which could be done by a conbination betwee Togidashi (polishing) Maki-e and some other techniques.The Seiohbo itself is using of Gin-yuji raising and Kakiwari Maki-e together. Kakiwari Maki-e is a technique for which only the part in the borderline paints and leaves the lacquer when the borderline is drawn. It means that to write the surroundings of a line ,but to write a line in order to express a line. This technique is so difficult, but suitable for expressing a cheek of a face and so on. The part seen in the line of the pleat etc. of clothes doesn't draw as a line but shows the line by drawing only the parts other than the line. Not like piling up highly technique called 'Taka-Makie' , 'Kakiwari' technique is very difficult to make a thin border line and takes long time.
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  • Ajiro 1

    Price: 5,500$
    "AJiro" means a technique of making something by knitting used by bambooi and so on. In ancient times, this technique was used for aristocrat and Samurai's vehicles ,and used for ceilinfg in tearoom. At the present age, "Ajiro"knitted with rattan is seen for a tea canister, a chest of drawers, and a flower vase. These products have a feeling of Specialury and very pupuler product. (Shown in the 6th picture below.) his time, Nakaya remade this Bamboo Ajiro feeling also refered some "Ajiro"Inros by Maki-e in Edo period. To express "Ajiro", Nakaya piled up at the place where each "bamboo" match each other and described in black "roiro urushi"lacquer ware. Lastly, to express a metal fitting which stops each bamboo kntting, Nakaya used a gold (silver) for metal feeling. This artwork looks expensive although there is no motives like others, however, these wrer finished in detail by very high technology, so this is very valueable goods and one of Nakaya's masterpiece.
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  • Ajiro 2

    Price: 5,000$
    This artwork is the second edition of Ajiro finishing. AJiro means a technique of making something by knitting used by bambooi and so on.We made the 2nd edition refered Japanese ansient tools such as Kiseru (pipe) or Inro . We lay outed fastening metal vertically to tha cap and the barel boldly.
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  • A bamboo trunk of a Sparrow

    Price: 8,000$
    We made a new pattern of "Ajiro" (bamboo knitting) based on Japanese folk tale "Shita-Kiri Suzume". Suzume (sparrows) put treasure in a small bamboo trunk (in Japanese "tsuzura") and gave it to a kind oldman in this story. The whole body of pen has been made like this "tsuzura" and add some treasure and sparrow. After making a seam by gold、Ajiro pattern was drawn by Shu-ai Urushi. Treasure and a sparrow on a grip section were done by Gin-Yuji heaping up technique and sprinkled gold and silver powders with colored Urushi and polished as final process.
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  • Nanten scatterling (A heavenly bamboo)　

    Price: 5,300$
    Nanten flowers are scattered with trim same as former "Ajiro" based on Piccolo model. This artwork is finished up with the silver powders lacquerling referring to the former work "Heavenly arabesque". 'Although this artwork contains the customer's all favorites factors like a trim of Ajiro, silver finishing and Nantan flowers, it became a good artwork that was able to be the balance. A picture quality on the web has many black dot on it's surface, but true product is really beautiful silver color.
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  • (Zaryu) A Dragon of the Chinese Emperor

    Price: 10,000$
    This layout "Zaryu"is the noblest one of the design for dragons and permitted only by the Chinese emperors. The dragon posisions it's body in the space, faces to the front, and a number of finger is five. "座"(Za) means sitting in Chinese and Japanese, additionary it means "to have a seat with one's arms on handrails of the chair with dignity." in Chinese. We express this motif by "Kaki-wari"and "Tsuke-gaki" technique with gold and silver Maki-e. 'Ka-en'(fire flame) is by colored 'Togidashi'(polishing up method.) '"Kaki-wari" is the technique to describe a line. Usually, a craftman writes one line by one writing of a brush pen. On the other hand, "Kaki-wari" is drawing the surroundings and leaving a ground color in part of one line and showing a line. This technique can show the color shining of the outline more beautifully. This artwork is expensive, however we can adjust the budget by using a differnt technique with this layout.
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  • Bell cricket

    Price: 5,500$
    Also called, "Homoeogryllus Japonicus".After doing Kin-Bokashi (a gradation technique by gold) , a craftsmen put blue sea shell as a body of bell cricket. Then he drew a bell cricket by Maki-e in gold. A bosy of bell cricket is one piece of shell . This size is maximum size as one piece for putting a pen barrel which has curve. It is very hard to recognize even by naked eye, but we can see it's feelers are so thin and coil to the pen.
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  • Maple leaves

    Price: 1,600$
    This is one of the most populer motif for traditional Maki-e fountain pen among pen lovers and we made it essentially. After drawing a motif by Urushi lacquer ware, a craftsman rubs into colored ,Urushi there after stiffing. After stiffing once again, a craftsmen polishes carefully not to disappear the colored Urushi and to appear the top of each gold powders. On the other hand, we do not use colored-Urushi for a trunk and polish after rubbing Shu-ai Urushi. After that, a craftsmen rubs Shu-ai Urushi for a little leaving once more. Lastly, we describe veins by white Urushi and polosh as the final step.
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  • A Spider with fireflame

    Price: 6,500$
    To make a silver 'tame-nuri' surface for whole body, a craftmen sprinkled silver powders and made gradation atomosphere (called "bokashi" ). After that, rubbed a transparent Urushi lacquer ware and polished for silver 'tame-nuri' finishing. A fireflame was pinted by 'Shu(red)' urushi. A spider web was sprinkled by gold powders and did 'bokashi' (gradation) technique. After that, rubbed a transparent Urushi and polished.(called 'togi-dashi') process. A spider was described by 'Taka-Maki-e' (a heaping up) technique in order to express the 3-D effect. The spider's body itsef was sprinkled gold powders, and also used yellow , black urushi and polished. Finaly, a crafmen added some detail parts and did 'roiro' polishing process. A grip section is 'Nashiji' (matt) finishing. A flower is 'tsukegaki' painting. A butterfly was heaped up by Urushi and sprinkled by gld powders and used several colors of Urushi like black, yellow and so on. This artwork has been totally completed by one Maki-e craftmen including it's design who had made previous 'Sumiko' Spider and the web. He put one more autograph '慶(kei)' , only for the artworks he fullyconcerned.
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  • A good fortune Lobster

    Price: 7,000$
    A lobster is one of famous 'good fortune' motives in Japan because of it's long life until the weist bends. A white urushi was rubbed into silver base for the background. A lobster was raised by 'Sumiko'(charcoal) heaping up techniques for so many times and rubbed "Shu" (red) urushi into the raised body and sprinkled gold powders and rubbed "shu" urushi powders again. A craftsman does this process for several times to make reality and polished as final process. We express a body of the lobster realistic by this process and whole body is boldly arranged on a small pen body.
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  • The Sky in Polynesia

    Price: 1,500$
    This pen was made by a customer who loves artworks of Matisse (Henri Matisse 1869-1954).A motif this time is "The Sky in Polynesia" ,one of cutout by Matisse in 1846. Nakaya kept waiting for the custome so long time, but it took 2 months to approve a layout of checker pattern on a pen barrel, also took 2 months to arrange a bright blue color , and totally took almost 1 year to complete. There are many different points from Maki-e world such as realistic motif, coloring, pop feeling... ,so this artwork was challengeable for Nakaya, but finally we could make an excellent product. A base model is Nakaya 'Piccolo and the 4th picture is original picture.'
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  • Friendly Goldfishes

    Price: 4,600$
    This is the 2nd version of one of typical motives ' a gold fish and water plant'. The background was done by "'Togi-dashi'(polishing) Maki-e, gold fishes were done by "Taka-maki-e" ,heaping up technique.A tail of goldfishes have shading off ("bokashi") technique. Also, a clip match with pen body could be shown on page 5 and 6.
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  • Goldfishes

    Price: 1,200$
    We made one of typical motives ' a gold fish and water plant' by Nakaya customers. Gold fishes are polished by 'Shu-kin' (reddish gold powders) and silver powders.Scale is done by gold on layer above body , eyes are black with siver base. Babbles are silver, plant are done by 'Ao-kin' (blue gold.) This artwork did not do, however it is possible to make a gold nashiji on a clip.
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  • Crab

    Price: 1,600$
    A customer from UK ordered his favorite picture "An Indian ink drawing 'crabs' " made in Korea to Nakaya pen. Nakaya made this motif by "togi-kiri" maki-e technique with silver based lacquer ware to keep an atomosphere of an Indian ink drawing. This artwork is the first model of "togi-kiri maki-e technique" with silver color. You can have a look at a gold based "togi-kiri maki-e" on this page and also can check a detail of technique.
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  • Dragons "Kyoto Ken-nin-ji temple

    Price: 3,200$
    This is the order from a foreign customer who visited Kyoto. and asked us to make a picture of "Kyoto Ken-nin-ji' temple.'To describe an atomosphere that dragons appear from between strong clouds, the body of each dragon has been described by Togi-kiri-Maki-e technique with tiny silver powders. A base coat is black Roiro lacquer ware. Strong clouds was used in silver powders as well and Bokashi (gradation) technique has done for several parts of them. Ka-en (A fire flame) is also used silver powders slightly mixed up with Shu (dark red) powders and did Togi-kiri technique. It is not always easy to express a brush artwork(an Indialn ink drawing) to Maki-e, but thanks to Togi-kiri technique,we could approach their quality. The last picture of below is original artwork of Ken-nin-ji dragon which was sent by a customer.
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  • Shuro tree

    Price: 3,700$
    Shuro is a evergreen high tree of coconut clan and powerfully expanded it's leaves is feature. A scientific name is Trachycarpus fortunai. We Nakaya drew this motif in a bold composition on Piccolo model. Laeves of this tree were finished by Taka-Maki-e heaping up process in several times by silver powders and gold powders (a grip section). And we used "Akakuchi-Shu(red)" material for base coating for the first time. A vivid Shu(red) matches silver well.
    *What is Akakuch-Shu? For Nakaya reguler Shu color, we use one kind of Shu material which is called ,"Nikka-shu" or "Tamari-Shu". Powders of Akakuchi-Shu melt very well to Urushi lacquer ware, on the other hand 'Nikka-shu" do not melt perfectly so thateach powders of Nikka-shu float and sink when drawing. So marks of brush tends to remain thinly, therefore, customers used to keep an artwork by Nikka-shu at a distance. However, many customers start to love because they can see the mark of writer (a touch of brush) and getting populer for these several years. This is same thing as a touch of oil pinting attracts us. Moreover, this "Nikka-shu" is smooth surface by polishing many times while an oil painting is not so. Shu color in Urushi world has so many kinds.
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  • White roses

    Price: 1,500$
    We expressed harmony of red and white by Maki-e. These two representative colors had been made a comb and so on by ivory in Edo period as well as white(ivory) and gold. We also care the balance of the area (color) between roses and it's background. After paintiong Shu Urushi, we described roses in white Urushi lacquer ware.
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  • Seasonal flowers (ver.2)

    Price: 5,900$
    This is a black Urushi base of previous artwork "Seasonal flowers".
    I am sorry to show the low picture quality of the last works, however this motif is populer among Nakaya owners.
    Many flowers are drawn on this work.
    Violet(spring), bracken(spring), peony(a beginning of summer), horsetail(summer), bellflower(from summer to fall), narcissus(from fall to winter), and camellia(winter).
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  • A robin with white rose

    Price: 4,400$
    Partly used Akebono technique as base coating, the main motif was expressed gently. This example of artwork was ordered by foreign customer, however the artwork itself has been made in Japanese style as a result. From the 7th picture shows one more virsion on which the stomach of robin is reddish gold.
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  • Maki-e on Briar model "Glowfly"

    Price: 1,940$
    The 1st model by Maki-e on the Briar barrel.(light color). A glowfly was expressed by Maki-e with Raden (sea shell) This price consists of the following factor;
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  • Maki-e on Briar model "A Spider"

    Price: 1,500$
    The 2nd model by Maki-e on the Briar barrel.(dark color). A spider was done by Taka-Makie after Fuki-Urushi coating. We have recieved ohter artworks of which a spaider was motif. Please refer ;
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  • Fire Pattern

    Price: 1,400$
    We made a 'Fire Pattern' which is frequently used for a racing car etc. by Maki-e technique. To make this design seems to be easy, however, a realistic motif is not a traditional motif for Maki-e, also place where flame and flame come in succession was difficult. ON the other hand, a gradation of each frame was well expressed by Bokashi technique of Maki-e.
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  • A memory of "Un" Statue

    Price: 2,600$
    We recieved the order about the Statue of Horyuji Temple in Japan from a foreign customer. There are 2 statues (the "A" statue and the "Un" statue) at the Nandai-mon (South gate) of Horyuji temple.This artwork is one of these 2 statues, the "Un" statue. The background is black Urushi, the Un statue is described in gold and highlighted by Gin(silver) bokashi (gradation). A-Un (阿吽） is a transliteration of Snskrit "A-hu", "A" is the first sound (open-mouth sound) and "Hu" is the last sound (close-mouth sound). About two statues like "A-Un"or two dogs at temple, one opens it's mouth, the other one closes it's mouth. This means hitting it off together. .
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  • Minamoto no Tametomo

    Price: 2,600$
    A motif "Minamoto no Tametomo" is uncle of Minomoto no Yoritomo who was established Kamakura Shogunate. He was also famous for an expert of bow. (1139-1170?) A customer's requirement was using many color powders with Taka-Maki-e. A barrel which is held by Tametomo was done by gold Taka-Maki-e, an allow heah on a grip section was done by silver Taka-Maki-e. A color of nib is ruthenium color to match this allowhead.
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  • a Colored Taka-Maki-e with Nuno(cloth ) kise

    Price: 3,100$
    We have expressed ivy and vine by colored Taka-Maki-e (heaping up technique) based on the Nuno kise finishing.　We used tin with whitish gold as base. Vine has a good meaning of continuing (good) things. It became a beautiful artwork neither the background nor the motif did not have too much luster. A base model is 1mm bigger diameter of ordinal Cigar long size and about 1mm further bigger because of rolling a cloth.
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  • Tennyo no Hagoromo

    Price: 4,500$
    This is the artwork of Nakaya original Maki-e which was taken high resolutin picture at studio. We received this order from Ukraine government and could take pictures once again. A "celestial maiden's robe of feathers" is one of the "Traditional entertainment series" of NAKAYA. This series have the scenes from Japanese traditional entertainments such as Kabuki, Nou and Youkyoku. A story of the "Celestial maiden's robe of feathers" is well-known to Japanese people: while a celestial maiden was bathing, leaving her robe on a tree branch, a fisherman took her robe and he was shown her dancing for return of the robe. The theme of this fountain pen is this legend of celestial maiden's robe of Miho no Matsubara (name of the beach where this story took place). About the technique "Gin-yuji" :The technique, which was invented by Nagata Yuji, a Makie technician of Kyoto in Edo era, and spread, is called "Yuji". And when silver is used with this technique it is called "Gin-yuji". ("Gin" is silver in Japanese.)
    Techniques
    The robe, the main point of this picture, is drawn with the technique called "Gin-yuji". The picture is drawn with urushi and polished out the picture after sprinkling silver. With this technique the robe looks voluminous and three-dimensional but sharp. The pine trees are drawn with the technique called "Tsuke-gaki". The picture is drawn with urushi thicker than usual and sprinkle the gold. In this way pine trees look moderate compared to the robe, as if pine trees are seen in some distance. Ground and clouds are finished smoothly with "Togi-dashi Makie" technique.
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  • Kingfisher 1

    Price: 4,500$
    This is the artwork of Nakaya original Maki-e which was taken high resolutin picture at studio. We received this order from Ukraine government and could take pictures once again.
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  • Maki

    Price: 4,500$
    This is the artwork of Nakaya original Maki-e which was taken high resolutin picture at studio. We received this order from Ukraine government and could take pictures once again.
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  • Botan Karakusa

    Price: 3,000$
    This is the artwork of Nakaya original Maki-e which was taken high resolutin picture at studio. We received this order from Ukraine government and could take pictures once again.
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  • Owl 2

    Price: 3,000$
    This artwork was orderer by Japanese coustomer. A base is Cigar model long size and black roiro. urushi coating. Owl is piled up by Gin-yuji-uge technique and gold Maki-e. Pupils are Raden (seashell). The color of owl's left pupil and right pupil is the same though sees it is various by the hit condition of the light of raden by the image like that. Grasses are polished by gold powders with colored urushi.
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  • A pair of Foo dogs

    Price: 7,000$
    This artwork was orderer by a famous actress in America. A base model is the Cigar model （1mm bigger size (17mm) ) coated by white painting with gold powders sprinking. Owl is piled up by Gin-yuji-uge technique and gold Maki-e. Pupils are Raden (seashell). "Un' is expressed on a cap , 'A' is on a barrel. These 'A-Un' is typical name of pairing in Oriental world. (Please read an explanation about A-U
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  • The moon

    Price: 2,800$
    We boldly expressed the moon by only using silver powders. A base model is Nakaya Cigar modle long size. A craftsmen piled up silver powders so many times, at the same time he made lower toward the edge and rubbed black Urushi. A color of the nib is rhodium .
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  • Shi-shi no ko otoshi

    Price: 9,000$
    Background of "Shi-shi no ko otoshi" (A mother lion pushes her children to the bottom of a ravine)
    The lion is the King of beasts. A mother lion pushes her children(leopard) off from the cliff to the very deep bottom of a ravine and she raises only those who can crawl up. We NAKAYA expressed this famouse Japanese legend into our Maki-e fountain pen in the demand of the foreign customers. The long and slender shape of the fountain pen assist our Maki-e artists to express the legend by drawing lion, cliff and lion's children crawled up scene in a artistic way.
    Technique
    Main tecqunique is "Gin-yuji" method. "Gin-yuji" is the technique which heaping up by silver. The detail is piled up many times many times with the lacquer. (production period eight months) The rise up parts are decorated with Maki-e art. Wave and other silver colored places are finished with genuine platinum. Due to the curved surface of a fountain pen, the piling work is very serious and hard. Pilling up in the direction of 360degree along the phase of fountain pen, alone takes half a year.
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  • Silver bokashi "Acsending Dragon"

    Price: 2,600$
    On the "Aka-tame" surface, we done Gin(silver) bokashi (gradation) same as gold bokashi. After that, an artist described a dragon by Taka-Makie technique in silver color. This model has metalic feeling different from current "Aka-tame Sukashi dragon" models. This corner has 6 pictures. The first 3 pictures model is smaller part of Silver(Gin) bokashi at the top and the end of barrel compare to the last 3 pictures (4 to 6) model.
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  • Kiku zukushi

    Price: 4,500$
    Background of "Kiku zukushi"
    We were always thinking the first motif NAKAYA would use was "Kiku" (chrysanthemum). Kiku is well known as one of the most familiar flowers for Japanese. From the shape of Kiku whose flower leaves are spread like ray, it is used as metaphor of the sun. It is the symbol flower of the emperor family and also it is the top flower of the 100 flowers of Japan. It is said that Kiku has the meaning of "never get old, never die", "long life", "no sickness", "remove the negative vibes from home". Kiku is said to come from China and it was the most popular flower in Kan era already. People also drunk Kiku as natural medicine for long life. This belief is still alive in Japan to have the habit of watching Kiku while drinking Kiku sake at the time of Double Ninth Festival.
    Techniques
    Base coating is done with blue powder and five types of Kiku flowers are painted with different sizes of gold powder. The techniques used here are "Kaki-wari", "Tsuke-gaki", "Taka Makie" which made this painting elegant and magnificent. Kiku is painted with the technique "Togi-dashi" (polished out). To implement various size of gold powder realizes the three dimensional looking.
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  • "Ku-roku"(Nine deers)

    Price: 5,800$
    Background of "Ku-roku"(Nine deers) A deer is translated "Shika" or "Roku" in Japanese. "Ku"or "Kyu" is meaning of "nine" also in Japanese.So this title "Ku-roku" means "nine-deers." The sound "Roku" (the second sound of deer in Japanese) has other meaning such as "remuneration", "salary" and so on. So deer ("roku") used to be a good animal to increase remuneration. On this pen , you can count six deers and two set of angles, and one more deer is "roku-roku (six-deers) ", altogether "nine-deers(ku-roku)".
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  • "Nanten Karakusa" (Nandina arabesque design)

    Price: 3,000$
    Background of "Nanten Karakusa"
    Nanten(Sacred banboo, Nandina) seed has purifying effect and said to be good for back pain. Its leaves has also bactericidal effect and is used to put under raw fish. The sound "Nanten" can be written in other Chinese characters which then means "to turn the bad luck", and therefore it is popular to be used as design of luck.
    Techniques
    On the undercoating of platinum, Nanten is painted in Karakusa design with platinum powder and colored urushi lacquer on the whole barrel. Platinum undercoating: A type of "Ji-maki" (undercoating) where platinum is sprinkled on the whole surface. There are also gold undercoating and silver undercoating. Tsuke-gaki: A type of Makie techniques. Paint with sticky urushi lacquer and sprinkle powder on it.
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  • The Shoki chaces the Demon

    Price: 10,000$
    Background of " The 'The Shoki chaces the Demon "
    Shoki (Shoki -----the terminator of the demon) is believed to be a legendary figure in China. They say he saved the Genshuu Emperor from a calamity, disease and frightening apparition in Tang Dynasty in China. He is now believed to be God of defeating epidemic and well-being of family. It is a symbol who wishes boys' healthy growth in the Boys' Festival on May 5th in Japan (It is called 'Tango-no-sekku'.). Shoki's eyes are now described smaller as Japanese style, while we can make them bigger as original Chinese style.
    (Our technique)
    After lacquering urushi, the craftsman sprinkles gold powders on it. After firmly fixed, he lacquers urushi again and polishes it up. The pattern is piled up little by little as he heaps up gold powders (Kin-yuji-age) and silver powders (Gin-yuji-age). Kin-hirame (gold small plates) are used on some parts. He sprinkles gold powders again and lacquers various kinds of polychrome urushi and polishes it up. He makes a picture again on the top of the layer with gold and silver powders and rubs Ki-urushi (transparent urushi) and polishes it up.
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  • Enko-sokuen-zu

    Price: 4,000$
    Background of "Enko-sokuen-zu"　
    As you see, a monkey reached his long hand and tries to get the moon onthe reflection pond. This monkey misunderstands the reflected moon as real one and it is called "Enko-sokuen-zu". We can see this picture at 'Konchi-in' temple in Kyoto. (this picture is one of the important Japanese culture heritages. This Fusuma-e (Japanese traditional sliding door ) is welknown because this was drawn by Tohaku Hasegawa (1529-1610).However the composition itself was transmitted from old China .
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  • A Tiger and bamboo 1

    Price: 7,000$
    Background of "A Tiger and bamboo"
    From the ancient period, "White tiger" has been treated as one of the four gods and defending the west.It is also used as for extracting out "Five poisons" making pressure to dishonest.Tiger fighting against dragon has the meaning that power is not easy to decide on victory or defeat.
    Technique
    First of all, the base is polished with the lacqering followed by sharpening of bamboo wood and further polishing it with the lacqering . Over the polished lacquer, the main subject TIGER is drawn with the high giltted lacquer. The parts of tiger's eyes are expressed finely with the flat lacqering. The body portion is artistically painted to bring the similiar golden color shade as of real tiger expressing the sense of strongness.
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  • Phoenix

    Price: 7,000$
    Background of "Phoenix"
    In the legend of ancient China, the Phoenix lived in the paulownia woods and eat nuts of bamboo ,so that the Phoenix was called Kissyo (fortune). In Japanese ,they call "Hou-oh" . "Hou" is male and "Oh" is female and people treat "Hou-oh" as symbol of good couple and also the leader of the creatures with feather. In Japan, the Phoenix was used the trade mark only for the emperor. And historically in China, the dragon is a symbol of the Emperor, the phoenix is a symbol of the Queen.
    Technique
    The background is described by Togi-dashi(polish up ) method in gold and Nashiji, the Phoenix and paulownia woods are described by Taka-maki-e method. Raden (mother of pearl) is used for a part of paulownia flowers and it makes the Phoenix elegant. A black ivy which you can see at the center of pen barrel is the tail of the Phoenix drawn in Arabesque style. This tail is "Togi-dashi" (polishing up) process by silver. Since a craftsman sprinkles (Maki-e) a little bigger sized silver powder on black urushi surface, you may see it as black color at first glance , but in actual the color is dark silver.
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  • "Acsending Dragon" Desk Pen version, with set

    Price: 4,234$

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  • "Botan" 1 (Peony flowers)

    Price: 4,500$
    About "Botan" ( Peony flowers )
    'Botan' (Peony flowers) are described in "Sumiko"-heaping up method on the Gold Maki-e surface. 'Botan' are heaped up by "Sumiko" (charcoal powders) 5 or 6 times so that the flowers has finished three-dimensionally.
    Techniques
    After lacquering urushi, the craftsman sprinkles gold powers on it (this is the process of "Maki-e" ). After firmly fixed, he lacquers urushi again and polishes it up. The craftsman describes flowers by urushi and sprinkles charcoal again and again. Finally, he lacquers it in black and rubs Ki-urushi (transparent urushi) and polishes it up.
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  • Ryukyu Bingata 1

    Price: 4,500$
    Customer's request enhanced us to collaborate with the Ryukyu Bingata dyeing method
    For ladies's full dresses or traditional clothes for ritual accouterments, cloth was dyed with imprinting technique in the Ryukyu Kingdom. This is believed to be an origin of Ryukyu dying method. The Bingata dyeing method was introduced from Java, Indonesia and India and China from 14th to 15th century when the Ryukyu Kingdom was actively trading with these countries.It was also affected by Kyoto Yuzen dyeing method. Bingata naturalized various kinds of oriental culture and established its unique style expressing the rich colors of nature in Okinawa. Bingata became valuable trade goods to the Chinese Fujian market as mysterious, beautiful dye goods and it had been valued highly under the protection of the Ryukyu Kingdom since then. "Bingata" uses a lot of vivid colors and motifs in a pattern. It is stereoscopic due to "Kuma-dori" dyeing, which gives a gradation to a color. As you can see, this fountain pen is designed in the motif of "a crane and iris flowers", which is a typical design in Ryukyu-Bingata.In the original design, you can see two cranes but we put one big crane on the body of the fountain pen due to the limited space. This pen will be one of articles for presentation to a president of a certain country in the spring of 2005. In the motif of the following work of Mr.Fujisaki Makoto, an imminent writer of the Bingata dyeing method, we developed a lacquer work in fountain pen.
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  • Gold fishes 2 by "Akatame and Kurotame" technique

    Price: 2,100$

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  • An owl over the moon light

    Price: 4,350$
    This artwork was orderer by Japanese coustomer. A base is Cigar model long size and black roiro. urushi coating. This work did not use Bokashi (gradation) ,so that the contrast of the motif and the background is clear.
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  • Goddess of mercy on the wave (ver. 2)

    Price: 6,000$

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  • Ashi

    Price: 2,700$
    At a glance, this model looks quite and sober, however used difficult Maki-e technique called "Kaki-Wari" Maki-e By using this technique, a craftsman expressed read ona whole body. It was also difficult to write reed in black on black back ground.
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  • Lotus Flower

    Price: 900$
    One motif on the grip section by the highest techique (Taka-Makie). A motif is a lotus flower on gold Nashiji gradation and put colors by rubbing into Shu(red) and green. There is only one part of motif, but elegant and beautiful.
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  • A folding screen of flowers

    Price: 3,900$
    We drew chrysanthemum flowers on gold nashiji (gradation) surface. A white seashell is embedded under the center of the flower.
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  • Scary cat behind a broken Shoji

    Price: 7,400$
    We received the 4th order of a female writer in Japan. (previous artworks are Chinkin 3cats, Kuniyoshi cat, and Matisse). This artwork describes a scene of a scary cat is breaking Shoji(Japanese paper screen) and enter. An explanation about this pen is below.
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  • The East encounters the West 3, Phoenex and Dragon's dances

    Price: 5,000$
    We finished up this work by rubbing into to gold and silver powders with several pigment spent on "Foo Dogs" because of specification of gorgeously finishing it up without using the material of the animal origin such as Raden sea shells.
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  • A descending Dragon

    Price: 8,800$
    A very populer motif "dragon" among Nakaya motives, a "Descending Dragon" is this time work. A dragon , has been living for a long period on the ground ascend to the heaven and catch a dragon ball. And the dragon trains there for long years and descends to the ground after training. There are many region opinions about how many years for staying in the heaven such as 100years, or 1,000 years. Also it is said that the color of dragon's body when falling when rising is also different though the acending dragon and the descending dragon are a pair of one. A craftsmen use "Hari-Kaki" technique which is scratching small lines by needle for the dragon's scale. A background is Taka-Makie , a grip section is clouds by several kind of fine gold powders.
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  • A good fortune talisman

    Price: 1,700$
    We put many typical good fortune talisman on whole body of the pen. Motives are a crane, a turtle, a pine tree, a bamboo and a plum tree. Each motif is roundly designed and arranged in the whole.
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  • Zaryu 2

    Price: 1,500$
    This layout "Zaryu"is the noblest one of the design for dragons and permitted only by the Chinese Emperors. The dragon posisions it's body in the space, faces to the front, and a number of finger is five. This is the second work of Zaryu. A color of background is specail color of the Chinese Emperor. A dragon is drawn in Shu (red) color to the detail.
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  • Plum tree at night

    Price: 4,800$
    We made a famous Ukiyoe art to the pen. Ukiyoe is 夜の梅（plum tree at night） , a famous worker (Ukiyoe-shi), Harunobu Suzuki in Edo period. (1725-1770) The original artwork is strored in Metropolitan musiam. A face, branches of tree, Kimono are exquisitely expressed.
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  • Jidai Nuri, "Bamboo"

    Price: 1,100$
    The second work of Jidai-Nuri technique. A motif is "Bamboo" is welkown as a symbol of vitality. Bamboo grow up straight to the heaven , evergreen, fast growth.
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  • "Nine Dragons" by Jinyo

    Price: 2,500$
    The Nine Dragons once in 60 years. The year 2012 on the Western calendar is also Jin-shin(壬辰), the 29th year of the 60th sixty year cycle in the Chinese traditional calendar. On the other hand, Nakaya was eatablished in 2000 as firm and also the Dragon year. We Nakaya has been making many kinds of dragons by many kinds of technique. In honor of this event, we are producing a special edition fountain pen. The Chinese character『壬』, connected to the Chinese character『妊』, means a birth of life.『壬』 is also the ninth Chinese character. And from ancient times in China , the number nine 『九』 is thought of as very important and special, in part because of its closeness to the number 10, which is considered best.The nine 『九』is used sometimes in China , for example there is the『九龍地区』 Kowloon Area in Hong Kong City,『九霄云外』, which means Beyond the Sky or End of the sky, and very famous word 『九五の尊』,which means king or power itself. In honor of this anniversary year, which comes just once every sixty years, We produced this work by meaning of 'nine' and "Nine dragons" by Jinyo by special made high viscoscosity black roiro urushi lacquer. The explanation about Jinyo and Nine Dragons are under the pictures. Jinyo(1189-1258)Born in Southern Son (the ancient Chinese country.) He was welknown as dragon's artist from then and his vital brush touch strongly impressed peoples and peoples called him "The oriental Michelangero". Unfortunately,they say the only few works still remain. "Nine Dragons" is kept in Boston art musium in the U.S. and others are in art musium in China as the first class artwork, An explanation of nine dragons ; (1)A sticking out dragon from rocks. (2)A dragons flies inside of clouds, (3)A dragon hold rocks and ascends to the heaven. (4)A dragon flies by the vigorous stream. (5) A dragon leaps to the heaven. (6) A descending dragon. (7)A dragon fights in the waves. (8)A dragon is lively moving of clouds. and (9) A dragon lies down on the rocks.
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  • Jidai Nuri, "Grapes"

    Price: 1,100$
    A motif is "Grapes". Grapes are famous for descendant prosperity because of a bunch of fruits and vines of grapes means unbroken continueing.
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  • Clover Arabesque

    Price: 1,300$
    The color of base coat is populer Heki-tame color. A craftsman put clover leaves in green color on this surface. We think we could finish cute and elegance work.
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  • A Peony 2

    Price: 3,000$
    According to one of customer's sketch, Nakaya did Maki-e with a peony based on the Equilibrium model. Several peony has sprinkled on blright green background with Belidot K18 yellow gold clip.
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  • A cat by"Kuniyoshi Utagawa" with customer's diamond

    Price: 4,000$
    This is the second version which Nakaya corrabolated with customer's diamond. The last one is a diamond mounted on the clip, this time customer loves catas and she chose the Ukiyoe of a cat by Kuniyoshi Utagawa. Nakaya layouted this motif on the barrel and imbet one diamond to the neckless and also set big diamond from her at the end of the barrel. Although this pen used many material such as diamonds ,gold, and transparent material, the product itself and completed a gentle masterpieces.
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  • Water Dragon

    Price: 6,000$

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  • '' The Fujin and the Raijin. “(A wind god and the thunder god.)

    Price: 10,000$
    A base model: Cigar model long size, Max diameter 17mm models.
    It is the artwork which the motif of ‘’Fujin Raijin’’ has been long loved in Japan drawn from a large number.
    A taka-maki-e has done on polishing of gold, after that we plaster up green and red color Urushi to gold or silver base to be a shiny color.
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  • 『木苺』 -A raspberry-

    Price: 2,800$
    A motif is written by a hand, and leaves and a part of raspberries are done by "Togi-dashi"(polish) technique.
    As you know, a color of Urushi lacquer ware is not pure white, however the white color this time is match with a motif.
    The color will be bright gradually. For further requirement on this artwork, please feel free to ask us.
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  • Cherry blossoms in evening

    Price: 2,900$
    The technique of Maki-e is same as a previous work called ‘’ Ashi’’ (read).
    We lay out a branches of cherry trees and blossoms on the center of pen body, sprinkled blossoms to the entire body.
    A craftsman put a bark to expressed a detail of branch and bloomed flowers.
    In addition, black flowers come floating when we look closely and delighted in the expressive image.

    A base model ; Cigar model / portable size.
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  • Gold Dragon

    Price: 15,000$
    A dragon ascend to the heaven while wriggle violently.
    We drew this dragon by Taka-Maki-e in gold based on sprinkled gold on Arai-Shu surface.
    A technique this time is traditional one and not new.
    However each pieces of scale heap up very high and powerful work.

    A base model ; Cigar model / long size. (thick body)
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  • Ayakashi2 Shu Koboku

    Price: 5,700$
    This is a new edition to the “Ayakashi” series.
    The image is one of a monster breaking free from being locked up and checking to see if it’s alright to emerge to the outside world.
    This pen has been finished with what is known as “Shu Koboku”. The irregularities in the surface are first made using Urushi. Another thin layer of Urushi is then added. It is finished with Fuki-Urushi after sprinkling and affixing a Shu(red) pigment.
    The texture of the surface is close to that of Ayakashi, the first in the series, but since Sumiko is not used we are introducing it here.

    A base model : Cigar model / long size.
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  • Sperm Whale

    Price: 8,400$
    The design on this pen represents a fight between a sperm whale and a giant squid unfolding in the deep sea.
    The whale is finished with [Sumiko] and the squid with [Taka-Makie]. This provides a wonderful contrast, which is further accented by a stream of water in [Raden].

    A base model : Cigar model / long size.
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