Arts and Crafts

  • Netsuke chestnuts large
  • Netsuke chestnuts large
  • Netsuke chestnuts large
  • Netsuke chestnuts large

根付 栗 大Netsuke chestnuts large

No OK-96
Artist 岡壱|Okaichi
Date 2019
Size 4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm

柘植製。
日本中どこにでもある栗は、勝利や財宝の象徴として扱われ、縁起がよいとして尊ばれてきました。
本物の栗と見まごうほどの質感と程よい重さが心地よいです。
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。 京都在住。

Made of boxwood.
Chestnuts, which are found all over Japan, have been treated as a symbol of victory and treasure, and have been esteemed as auspicious.
It feels like a real chestnut and has a moderate weight and feel.

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.

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