AGJ Original Maki-e Fountain Pen
"Dragonfly on the water surface"
Sailor Fountain pen
Kyoto Togidashi Taka Maki-e Makie

This AGJ original Maki-e Fountain pen is made by famous Kyoto Maki-e Artisan "Daikai".
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 Sailor fountain pen.





Blue urushi
Blue gold powder


Dragonfly: Togidashi Maki-e
Abalone shell
Coat gold powder with vermilion urushi



Water lines: Tsukegaki Maki-e
Gold powder

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

Name:	Dragonfly #49
Maki-e Artist:	Daikai
Technique:	Togidashi Maki-e
Origin:	Kyoto, Japan
Nib:	21K Gold with 24K Gold plating
Nib size:	Medium (If you prefer a broad nib, please let us know.)
Size:	18mm(Dia.) x 141mm
weight:	22g
Shipping:	FREE SHIPPING!
Others:	AGJ Original Design Maki-e

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 Kyoto 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 2001.
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.

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