Red Mt. Fuji Maki e Pure gold foil ball-point pen

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Maki e " Red Mt. Fuji " Hokusai Gold foil ball-point pen Nippon ART Collection 　 "Maki e / Pure gold foil" " Maki e / Pure gold foil" COLLECTION This article does not retail it in a market. Please try to have it in its hand by all means at this opportunity. It is the very beautiful ball-point pen which wrapped up the whole barrel by " Maki e Pure gold foil". One craftsman performed all processes by manual labor and produced it. A pattern is a classic Japanese-style pattern. I call the phenomenon that Mt. Fuji looks red in the morning sun with red Fuji in Japan . It is very unusually beautiful. A crane flying towards Mt.Fuji symbolizes a leap. This gold leaf is called Kanazawa foil. The Kanazawa foil was made for the first time in 1593 by a craftsman of Kaga. It is used a lot for Japanese arts and crafts product afterward. It is a highest grade ball-point pen of Kaga lacquer work. A Maki-e master produced this ball-point pen with a handicraft. The color that used gold leaf abundantly is gorgeous brightness. Kaga Maki-e is a meaning produced in Kaga. Kaga is the Japanese city that is famous because t is an excellent studio by lacquering and production of lacquer work (Maki-e) 葛飾北斎（ Hokusai Katsushika ） /wiki/Hokusai Katsushika Hokusai ( 葛飾北斎 ) (1760-1849) was an Edo period Japanese artist, painter, wood engraver and read more

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