1. Home
  2. > Fountain Pen
  3. > AGJ Original Maki-e Pen
  4. > AGJ Original Maki-e Fountain pen #51 "Japanese Pheasant and Cherry Blossom" Sparkling Togidashi Taka Maki-e Kyoto Japan Wa

AGJ Original Maki-e Fountain pen #51 "Japanese Pheasant and Cherry Blossom" Sparkling Togidashi Taka Maki-e Kyoto Japan Wa

AGJ Original Maki-e Fountain pen #51 "Japanese Pheasant and Cherry Blossom" Sparkling Togidashi Taka Maki-e Kyoto Japan Wa

Please contact us from here for the price.

Item Description

This AGJ original Maki-e Fountain pen is made by famous Kyoto Maki-e Artisan "Mokuren".
This pen is April version of monthly Maki-e series.
This design is an AGJ's original. You can not find anywhere else.
Kyoto Maki-e is the best known Maki-e technique in Japan.
This is original Maki-e fountain pen based on a Japanese fountain pen.

Japanese Pheasant is the national bird and Cherry Blossom the national flower.

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom01
AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom02
AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom03
AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom04
Japanese Pheasant(Male): Taka Maki-e
Eye: Gold powder, Paint eyeballs with black urushi on gold powder
Skin around eyes: Vermilion urushi on silver powder
Beak: Blue gold powder
From the neck to the back: Color urushi on gold powder
Small lines：Silver powder
Feathers: Paint the designs by color urushi
　Upper part: Gold powder
　Other part: Silver powder, Coat them with light blue urushi
　Small lines: Silver powder
Haze: Hira Maki-e
Gold powder

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom05
Feathers: Coat silver powder with color urushi
　Small lines: Silver powder
　Tail feathers: Color urushi on gold powder
　Long lines: Silver powder

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom06
Cherry blossom: Hira Maki-e
Cherry blossom1: Gold powder
Stamens: Gold powder
Cherry blossom2: Paint petals with color urushi and stamens with gold powder
Leaves: Color urushi

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom07
Letters: Draw with vermilion lacquer on black urushi lacquer

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom08
Japanese Pheasant(Female): Taka Maki-e
Eye: Paint eyeballs with black urushi on gold powder
Around the eye: Coat silver powder with vermilion urushi lacquer
Beak: Blue gold powder
Neck, back and wing: Gold powder
Inside of the neck: Silver powder
Tail: Coat gold powder with color lacquer
The center line of the tail: Silver powder
Underparts: Paint color urushi on silver powder
　Short lines: Silver powder
Legs: Gold powder

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom09

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom10
Cherry blossom: Hira Maki-e
Cherry blossom1: Gold powder
Stamens: Gold powder
Cherry blossom2: Paint petals with color urushi and stamens with gold powder
Leaves: Color urushi

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom11

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom12
Tree trunk: Sprinkle gold powder entirely, Highlight with silver powder and gold powder partially and coat them with color lacquer urushi

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom13
Backgorund: Togidashi Maki-e
Green fields: Silver powder
The lower part is green urushi lacquer and the upper black urushi.
They are painted to dissolve into the space.

AGJ Maki-e Fountain Pen Japanese Pheasant Cherry Blossom14
Artist name: Black urushi


[What is Maki-e technique?]
    Hira Maki-e
  1. Urushi lacquer
  2. Sprinkle Gold powder, Seikin: Alloy of Gold, Silver powder, Hirame and so on
  3. Coated by Uwazuri and Black urushi
  4. Polish by polishing and grindstone powders
    Togidashi Maki-e (Mainly used for finishing evenly the background)
  1. Urushi lacquer
  2. Sprinkle Gold powder, Seikin: Alloy of Gold, Silver powder, Hirame and so on
  3. Coated thickly by Nashiji and Black urushi
  4. Burnished the urushi lacquer by charcoal
  5. Polish by polishing and grindstone powders
  • When coarse gold/silver/Hirame/Seikin powders are sprinkled, put a luster by burnished.
  • After togidashi maki-e, Togidashi Hira maki-e is decorated Hira maki-e on togidashi maki-e.
  • After togidashi maki-e, Togidashi Taka maki-e is decorated Taka maki-e on togidashi maki-e.
  • Burnishing is needed when coarse powders are sprinkled.
    Taka Maki-e
  1. The design is created using urushi lacquer
  2. Sprinkle charcoal/Silver powders to raise the layer
  3. Dry
  4. Spread urushi twice to make the layer thicker
  5. Sprinkle gold/silver/Hirame/Seikin powders
  6. Coat by Urushi
  7. Burnish
  8. Polish
  • Charcoal powder: Show a soft feeling
  • Silver powder: Feel solid
    Tsukegaki Maki-e
  1. Spread Urushi lacquer thickly
  2. Sprinkle gold powder
  3. Gold powders sink due to thick urushi
  4. Do Togidashi
  5. Gold powders shine
  6. Polish

[Description]
Name:Japanese Pheasant and Cherry Blossom #51
Maki-e Artist:Mokuren
Technique:Togidashi Taka Maki-e
Origin:Kyoto, Japan
Nib:14K Gold #15
Nib size:Medium
(If you prefer a broad nib, please let us know.)
Size:15.7mm(Dia.) x 149mm
weight:27g
Shipping:FREE SHIPPING!
Others:AGJ Original Design Maki-e