Arts and Crafts

  • Netsuke white eggplant
  • Netsuke white eggplant

根付 白茄子Netsuke white eggplant

No OK-51
Artist 岡壱|Okaichi
Date 2018
Size 4×1.5×1.5 cm

材質:柘植
1973年生まれ 京都在住

彼の根付は現代人に好まれるサイズで、作品のモチーフも大変人気があります。
彼は独学で根付を作り始めコツコツと制作販売しています。

Made of Japanese boxwood.

White ingredients, including white eggplant, have been treated as good fortunes for a long time.
It is known as a foodstuff that brings coolness to the body, as it is seasonal from summer to early autumn.

Okaichi:1973-
Okaichi's netsuke is a size that is preferred by modern people, and the motif of the work is also very popular.
He started to make netsuke by self-study. Lives in Kyoto.

JPY12,000