Takabayashi, Chitoshi

"Choju Giga"(Frolicking Animals) is a sweet little handheld kaleidoscope by Kyoko and Toru Kiribayashi. This handmade ceramic scope has been decorated with gold applique rabbits and frogs on a crisp white glazed body. This is a 2-mirror system with a…

"Colors of Innocence" is a wooden handheld kaleidoscope by Chitoshi Takabayashi.  This scope has a non-turning, side-lit, fluid-filled object chamber that has a white background and includes lampworked glass.  This scope measures 5"L x 2-3/…

"Misora" is a wonderful, carved wood, handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chitoshi Takabayashi. The scope body is solid wood with a turning, oil-filled, side-lit and end-lit, frosted acrylic background, object cell that contains handmade, lampwo…

This is a "Teleidoscope with a 45-45-90 mirror system" by Tomoo Hosono.  This scope body is brushed stainless steel and it creates wonderful kaleidoscopic images of whatever you look at through this scope.  It measures 4-1/4"L x 5/8" in...

"Yo" (2-mirror, 5-point) is a stainless steel handheld kaleidoscope by Tomoo Hosono. This lovely scope has an oil-filled, non-turning, end-lit object cell and creates very colorful 2-mirror images. This scope measures 4"T x 1-1/4" in diameter and it …

"Yo (2-mirror, 4-point)" is a stainless steel handheld kaleidoscope by Tomoo Hosono.  This lovely scope has a fluid-filled, non-turning, end-lit object cell and creates very colorful 2-mirror images.  This scope measures 4"T x 1-1/4" in...

"Yo (3-mirror, 6-point)" is a brushed stainless steel handheld kaleidoscope by Tomoo Hosono.  This lovely scope has a fluid-filled, non-turning, end-lit object cell and creates very colorful 3-mirror images.  This scope measures 4-3/4"T x..…

"Yo (3-mirror, 5-point)" is a brushed stainless steel handheld kaleidoscope by Tomoo Hosono.  This lovely scope has a fluid-filled, non-turning, end-lit object cell and creates very colorful 3-mirror images.  This scope measures 4-3/4"T x..…

"Disco" is a small musical parlor kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Hiroshi Wakabayashi. When you turn the key on the front of the scope, a tune will play and the object disc rotates beneath a 3-mirror system, creating beautiful moving imagery. The bar…

"Cumos Universe" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Minori Yamazaki. The name "Cumos" comes from a combination of 'Cube' and 'Cosmos' and it means universe inside a box. Minori Yamazaki designed these scopes around 1980 and they can be...

"Cumos Diamond" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Minori Yamazaki. The name "Cumos" comes from a combination of 'Cube' and 'Cosmos' and it means universe inside a box. Minori Yamazaki designed these scopes around 1980 and they can be...