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Cigar Long OWL & MOON

The black background without blurring clearly highlights the owl motif.

Cigar Long OWL

Kuro-roiro(black) is used for the base so that the gold color stands out. The owl motif is drawn with the Gin-yuji pile up technique and the gold Maki-e technique.
Because Raden(mother-of-pearl) are used for the eyes, the color of the owl’s eyes may look different depending on how the light reflects.
The grasses are expressed with a polishing technique that uses gold Maki-e on iro urushi (colored lacquer).

Cigar Long MAKI　

Cigar Long SPIDER with FIREFLAME　

Cigar Long NINE DRAGONS

Based on the ink painting “Nine Dragon Scroll” (owned by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) by Southern Song artist Chen Rong (1189-1258), the motifs, nine dragons dancing among the clouds, are designed.
Draw dragons with piling black lacquer up on the same color kuro-roiro(black) base and draw a dragon with Maki-e technique using silver powders in the center. This makes a move and expresses the dynamic dragon drawn by Chen Rong.
The black lacquer and silver powder create an ink painting-like finish.

Cigar Long TIGER ＆ BAMBOO

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 lacquering followed by sharpening of bamboo wood and further polishing it with the lacquering . Over the polished lacquer, the main subject TIGER is drawn with the high gilted lacquer. The parts of tiger’s eyes are expressed finely with the flat lacquering. The body portion is artistically painted to bring the similar golden color shade as of real tiger expressing the sense of strongness.

Cigar Long BAMBOO GROVE

Cigar Portable CRAB　

Nakaya made this motif by “togi-kiri” maki-e technique with silver based lacquer ware to keep an atmosphere 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.

Cigar Long NIō STATUE

Cigar Piccolo FIRE