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A ring carved into a basket with the motif of traditional Japanese waves to you
To you who always want to feel the waves
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nalu Collection
A ring carved into a basket with the motif of traditional Japanese waves to you
To you who always want to feel the waves
nalu Collection
A ring carved into a basket with the motif of traditional Japanese waves to you
To you who always want to feel the waves
This wave ring comes with a special box.
This wave ring comes with a special box.
Make a one-of-a-kind ring!
- Taking on the challenge of applying shrine carving techniques to the small world of rings -
The picture on the right is one of the sketches for the wave sculpture. Many people may think of Katsushika Hokusai’s ukiyo-e prints when they see this painting. In the late Edo period, at the same time as Katsushika Hokusai, there was a sculptor known as “Ihachi of Waves” in Kamogawa.
Hokusai is a famous figure in the ukiyo-e world, needing no introduction. Hokusai’s painting style is said to have had a great influence on Western artists such as Van Gogh, and the person who is said to have been a great inspiration for Hokusai is Takeshi Ihachiro Nobuyoshi, also known as “Ihachi of the Waves”.”Ihachi was a shrine carver born in Kamogawa, and he used a carving technique called Kagobori, in which the inside of a carving is carved into three-dimensional shapes, like a basket, to carve three-dimensional and dynamic transverse waves.
It is said that Ihachi was inspired by looking at the Boso sea every day, and his ability to observe waves may have been similar to that of a great surfer.
The Wave Ring was revived as a ring in modern times by shrine carver Shinichi Inoue, using the same technique called basket carving as Ihachi’s wave.The photo on the left is an example of a sculpture by Shinichi Inoue. Using the same carving technique we carved big waves into the very small world of a ring.
Make a one-of-a-kind ring!
Taking on the challenge of applying shrine carving techniques to the small world of rings
The picture on the right is one of the sketches for the wave sculpture. Many people may think of Katsushika Hokusai’s ukiyo-e prints when they see this painting. In the late Edo period, at the same time as Katsushika Hokusai, there was a sculptor known as “Ihachi of Waves” in Kamogawa.
It is said that Ihachi was inspired by looking at the Boso sea every day, and his ability to observe waves may have been similar to that of a great surfer.
The Wave Ring was revived as a ring in modern times by shrine carver Shinichi Inoue, using the same technique called basket carving as Ihachi’s wave.The photo on the left is an example of a sculpture by Shinichi Inoue. Using the same carving technique we carved big waves into the very small world of a ring.