Rose and Ranunculus

A radiant composition in lacquer and light, Rose and Ranunculus celebrates the beauty of flowers in full expression — their forms alive with color, depth, and quiet splendor. The petals, shaped in fine taka-maki-e, are sprinkled with gold powder, layered in colored urushi lacquer, and burnished until they glow with a soft, inner brilliance — each curve breathing the patience and emotion of the hand that created it. The nib section flows seamlessly from this richness — sprinkled with gold powder, coated in colored urushi, and polished to a gentle gradation that mirrors the warmth of dawn. Along the clip, fragments of shell inlay shimmer beneath tinted lacquer, their opalescent hues recalling the delicate light that lingers upon petals after rain. Vivid and lyrical, Rose and Ranunculus is an ode to beauty in motion — where color, gold, and lacquer unite in a living bloom that never fades.