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　NAKAYA Kissho series
"Phoenix"
　
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.

　
Price: 5,800$(JPY735,000)
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