Nara Makie ( Wool only ) 奈良蒔絵 -

Chiyomi Tanaka is one of only seven certified Japanese brush artisans in Nara, Japan, and the only woman who was featured by The New York Times Style Magazine.

This brush has a brush shaft with special maki-e lacquer. 

Maki-e (蒔絵, literally: sprinkled picture (or design)) is a Japanese lacquer decoration technique in which pictures, patterns, and letters are drawn with lacquer on the surface of lacquerware, and then metal powder such as gold or silver is sprinkled and fixed on the surface of the lacquerware. ( wikipeddia Maki-e ).

This brush is made of 100% wool only.

This brush is the only one in stock.

Name Meaning

• Nara ( 奈良, Nara ) 
• Maki-e ( 蒔絵, Maki-e decoration ) 

Size

• Overall Length: 320 mm
• Brush Length: 62.6 mm
• Thickness: 9.2 mm
• Brush materials: wool only

disclaimer

• Each of these Chiyomi Tanaka's brushes is handmade. Therefore, quality, size and weight are not consistent. Also, it takes time to inspect the product, so it takes a little over a week to ship.
• This brush is made of natural animal hair. There may be restrictions regarding the importation of brushes made of such natural animal hair in your country. Please make sure you (the importer) check the import regulations in your country before placing your order. Please understand that we are not responsible for any problems that may occur regarding import regulations in the importing country before placing your order.