Keiko and Yoshiaki Onodera ”From the Tale of Genji -AKASHI-NO-KIMI”

Keiko and Yoshiaki Onodera ”From the Tale of Genji -AKASHI-NO-KIMI”Keiko and Yoshiaki Onodera are creating original glass kaleidoscopes with themes. They have produced 4 pieces inspired by "The Tale of Genji". "The Tale of Genji" is one of the most famous classic novels of Japan and is written by a female writer called Murasaki Shikibu in the beginning of the 11th century. The tale is a masterpiece consisting of 54 chapters that depicts the life of an imperial prince and ladies and had a significant influence on

It reminds us of the famous drawings by Monet

The shapes of the glass objects are also considered to create a balance of diverse patterns

Three mirrors fill the field of view with images

2-mirror system 6 points

Chitoshi Takabayashi is a wood kaleidoscope artist

height 96mm

He tries to create an original  expression with the polarized material

"Rose parfait " is a small kaleidoscope with a rose pattern sandblasted on the pale-red glass body

The poetic design attracts people and invites them to look through the eye hole

You can enjoy the dynamic changes in color depending on the direction of the light coming in

which can be interchanged

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