AGJ Original Maki-e Fountain Pen #02 "Inari Shrine Mountain" Sparkling Togidashi Taka Maki-e Kyoto Japan Wa
AGJ Original Maki-e Fountain Pen #02 "Inari Shrine Mountain" Sparkling Togidashi Taka Maki-e Kyoto Japan Wa
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Item Description
This Authentic Goods from Japan's Original Maki-e Pilot Namiki Fountain pen is made by famous Kyoto Maki-e Artisan “Daikai”.
This pen is only one in the world. You can not find it anywhere.
Kyoto Maki-e is the best known Maki-e technique in Japan.
This is the original maki-e fountain pen based on Japanese fountain pen.
Name: Inari Mountain #2 (AGJ's Original Maki-e Japanese fountain pen)
Maki-e Artisan: DAIKAI
Technique: Togidashi-taka maki-e
Origin: Kyoto, Japan
Nib: 14K Gold
Nib size: Medium
Size: 15.7mm(Dia.) x 146mm
With CON-70 converter
Custom engraving service on AGJ's original Maki-e fountain pens is available for those who wish.
1. The lead time: it takes 10-14 days on top (orders without this service will be usually dispatched in 3-5 days after confirming the payment).
2. The cost: US$100.00.
3. The letters of the name engraved will be engraved in gold just as the signature of the Makie artisans of Original fountain pens.
4. Please send us the sample letters which you wish to engrave on the pen (there could be a case where we are unable to engrave the letters of your choice after consulting with the Makie artisans. Letters can be in Japanese Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana but if you choose Kanji, we will use phonetic symbols).
5. Please indicate the exact position where you wish to have your name engraved (please understand that there could be a case where we may have to change the position of engraving after consulting with the Makie artisans).
*Please contact us should you have any queries regarding custom engraving service.
1. A foundation is heaped with silver
2. Paint lacquer two times
3. Polish and harden by “e-urushi”(the high quality sticky Urushi for drawing lines for powder sprinkling)
* Glitter part of base of shrine is hirame powder(it has smooth metal side, so finishing becomes glitter part ), and covered with a mixture of nashiji-urushi on that part.
* Part of mountain is used gold No.9 and painted Nashiji-urushi(blackly harden by nashiji-urushi and black-urushi)
(Nashiji-urushi makes gold red, so kuro-urushi is mixed.)
After that, polishing whole part and finish.
[DAIKAI's Career]
Urushi Lacquer Master : Daikai Uehara’s Career
Year 1950 Born in Kyoto
His father, uncle, grand father and grand-grand father were Urushi Lacquer masters too.
1969 Another Urushi artist“ Masakichi Shima” started teaching Daikai.
1976 Daikai began succeeding to inherit the style of Kyo makie(Maki-e).
1985 Won the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce Award at Kyoto Lacquerware exhibition.
1986 Held Urushi Lacquer exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya(the largest department store in Japan).
1990 Exhibited at the Arts and Crafts in kyoto.
1991 Became a technical lecturer for the artists at the traditional industry at Kyoto.
1994 Opened his Kyoto Urushi lacquer school.
1995 Invited to display his works at INFA 1995 in Hannover, Germany.
1997 Won the award at the industrial techniques for the crafts in Kyoto.
1999 Held the first Kyoto Urushi lacquer school’s exhibition at Ko-dai temple, Kyoto.
2001 He has held the traditional crafts exhibition every year since 1999.
2008 Held Amber Maki-e and Lacquer works exhibition at Sogo department store.
2009 Held Kyoto Urushi Lacquer exhibition at Takashimaya in Namba, Osaka.
He lives in Kyoto now and teaches many Maki-e artisans Kyoto-Makie technique.
This pen is only one in the world. You can not find it anywhere.
Kyoto Maki-e is the best known Maki-e technique in Japan.
This is the original maki-e fountain pen based on Japanese fountain pen.
Name: Inari Mountain #2 (AGJ's Original Maki-e Japanese fountain pen)
Maki-e Artisan: DAIKAI
Technique: Togidashi-taka maki-e
Origin: Kyoto, Japan
Nib: 14K Gold
Nib size: Medium
Size: 15.7mm(Dia.) x 146mm
With CON-70 converter
Custom engraving service on AGJ's original Maki-e fountain pens is available for those who wish.
1. The lead time: it takes 10-14 days on top (orders without this service will be usually dispatched in 3-5 days after confirming the payment).
2. The cost: US$100.00.
3. The letters of the name engraved will be engraved in gold just as the signature of the Makie artisans of Original fountain pens.
4. Please send us the sample letters which you wish to engrave on the pen (there could be a case where we are unable to engrave the letters of your choice after consulting with the Makie artisans. Letters can be in Japanese Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana but if you choose Kanji, we will use phonetic symbols).
5. Please indicate the exact position where you wish to have your name engraved (please understand that there could be a case where we may have to change the position of engraving after consulting with the Makie artisans).
*Please contact us should you have any queries regarding custom engraving service.
1. A foundation is heaped with silver
2. Paint lacquer two times
3. Polish and harden by “e-urushi”(the high quality sticky Urushi for drawing lines for powder sprinkling)
* Glitter part of base of shrine is hirame powder(it has smooth metal side, so finishing becomes glitter part ), and covered with a mixture of nashiji-urushi on that part.
* Part of mountain is used gold No.9 and painted Nashiji-urushi(blackly harden by nashiji-urushi and black-urushi)
(Nashiji-urushi makes gold red, so kuro-urushi is mixed.)
After that, polishing whole part and finish.
[DAIKAI's Career]
Urushi Lacquer Master : Daikai Uehara’s Career
Year 1950 Born in Kyoto
His father, uncle, grand father and grand-grand father were Urushi Lacquer masters too.
1969 Another Urushi artist“ Masakichi Shima” started teaching Daikai.
1976 Daikai began succeeding to inherit the style of Kyo makie(Maki-e).
1985 Won the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce Award at Kyoto Lacquerware exhibition.
1986 Held Urushi Lacquer exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya(the largest department store in Japan).
1990 Exhibited at the Arts and Crafts in kyoto.
1991 Became a technical lecturer for the artists at the traditional industry at Kyoto.
1994 Opened his Kyoto Urushi lacquer school.
1995 Invited to display his works at INFA 1995 in Hannover, Germany.
1997 Won the award at the industrial techniques for the crafts in Kyoto.
1999 Held the first Kyoto Urushi lacquer school’s exhibition at Ko-dai temple, Kyoto.
2001 He has held the traditional crafts exhibition every year since 1999.
2008 Held Amber Maki-e and Lacquer works exhibition at Sogo department store.
2009 Held Kyoto Urushi Lacquer exhibition at Takashimaya in Namba, Osaka.
He lives in Kyoto now and teaches many Maki-e artisans Kyoto-Makie technique.