Japanese Scopes

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    Ghost Party with included custom box Image shows how moving the light source instead of turning the scope greatly changes the gorgeous colors!
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    MIKIO

    Ghost Party

    'Ghost Party' is a spirited handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist MIKIO! This scope features hand painted art, in swirling, glittery, blackish/blue alcohol ink on holographic-shimmer art paper, protected beneath the clear acrylic tubular body and.…

    $285.00
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    Alice on the front Cards - Alice
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    Wakabayashi, Hiroshi

    Cards - Alice

    'Cards' is a delightfully curious handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Hiroshi Wakabayashi. The body was constructed from a clear acrylic cylinder with Hiroshi's delicately textured, hand-painted metallic art applied to it's inside. The outer bod…

    $185.00
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    Standing Neon Lotus (W)
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    MIKIO

    Neon Lotus (W)

    'Neon Lotus' is a dreamy handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist MIKIO! This scope features hand painted art, in swirling, soft pastel, alcohol ink colors on holographic-glitter art paper, protected beneath the clear acrylic tubular body, and has a.…

    $250.00
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    L to R: Orange/Green, Pink/Purple Orange/Green

    MIKIO

    Neo Cathedral

    'Neo Cathedral' is a bright handheld kaleidoscope created by Japanese artist, MIKIO! This scope features hand painted art, in vivid alcohol ink colors on holographic-glitter art paper, protected beneath the clear acrylic tubular body. The interior...…

    $200.00
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    L to R: Taupe, Blue Internal image of TAUPE Lipstick

    Ishida, Chikako

    Lipstick

    'Lipstick' is an elegant, pocket sized, handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. The tiny dot accented lipstick tube body houses a two mirror system and has a non-turning, front lit, dry object chamber containing itty-bitty handmade..…

    $80.00
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    Front view Echoes
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    Takabayashi, Chitoshi

    Echoes

    'Echoes' is a gorgeous handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chitoshi Takabayashi. The hourglass shaped scope body was made from solid hardwood and is nicely weighted, giving this scope a substantial feeling in your hand, and the end pieces are...

    $360.00
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    Stainless Steel - Turning End 45/45/90 Stainless Steel - Turning End 45/45/90
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    Hosono, Tomoo

    Stainless Steel - Turning End 45/45/90

    'Stainless Steel - Turning End' is an absolutely fantastic handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. This sleek little scope has a smooth turning end and the dry object cell contains delicate polarized (color shifting) pieces inside. Mov…

    $290.00
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    Standing *stuff on a shelf
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    Hosono, Tomoo

    Teleidoscope 45-45-90

    'Teleidoscope' is a delightful pocket-sized teleidoscope by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. Unlike kaleidoscopes (where the artist has added the elements of shapes & colors into the design), teleidoscopes will take anything you look at through them…

    $90.00
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    Side view Oasis A

    Takabayashi, Chitoshi

    Oasis A

    'Oasis A' is a handsome handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chitoshi Takabayashi. The dense, dark hardwood body has been polished to a flawlessly smooth and elegant finish. The body houses a 3-mirror, 6-point system and has a turning, oil-filled…

    $328.00
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    Front view Oasis B
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    Takabayashi, Chitoshi

    Oasis B

    'Oasis B' is an delightful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chitoshi Takabayashi. The hardwood body features elegantly inlaid swoops of wood that cross over and under each other in a playful design. The body houses a 3-mirror, 8-point system …

    $328.00
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  • Radiance (LG) Radiance (LG)
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    Takabayashi, Chitoshi

    Radiance (LG)

    'Radiance' is a cool handheld kaleidoscope with a rustic vibe by Japanese artist Chitoshi Takabayashi. The body is a hexagonal (six-sided) tube made from very old, naturally resourced wood that still has it's natural bark and even a tiny and complete…

    $330.00
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  • Aurora Aurora
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    Ishida, Chikako

    Aurora

    'Aurora' is a lovely handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. The body is made of a completely smooth single glass piece that has elegant fluting on the inside, with a reflective and color-shifting film laid beneath, giving it a magic…

    $165.00
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  • Fading Moon - Rising Sun Fading Moon - Rising Sun
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    Takabayashi, Chitoshi

    Fading Moon - Rising Sun

    'Fading Moon - Rising Sun' is an absolutely marvelous handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chitoshi Takabayashi. The body is made with Walnut wood that has been finished to flawless, smooth perfection. There is a 2-mirror, 8-point system and a...

    $1,450.00
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    Holiday Holiday

    Numajiri, Non

    Holiday

    'Holiday' is a festive handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Non Numajiri. The cylindrical body has been wrapped by hand in shimmery pearl-white fabric with a perforated dot patten, and houses a 2-mirror, 6-point system. The object chamber is...

    $135.00
  • Samsara Style #1  
8-Points

    Ishida, Chikako

    Samsara

    'Samsara' is an elegant handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. The rectangular body is created with panels of glass, 2 sides are shimmery geometrical patterned mirrors, the other 2 are metallic-textured glass. Scope houses has a dry…

    $250.00
  • L to R: Animal print, Silver, Black KALEI-DOGGIE-O

    Seki, Hajime

    KALEI-DOGGIE-O

    'KALEI-DOGGIE-O' is an absolutely adorable tiny stuffed dog that carries it's own little handheld kaleidoscope. This darling dog features a rhinestone encrusted collar and ears, and a leash of pearly beads with a lobster-claw clasp so it can be easil…

    $95.00
  • Front side with etched lettering and hand painted portraits of the brothers Zoomed IN
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    Yamami, Koji

    The Wright Brothers - OOAK Parlor Scope

    'The Wright Brothers' is a large, one-of-a-kind, parlor kaleidoscope by Japanese artist and scope Master Koji Yamami. The scope body was created in panels of iridescent black stained glass, dichroic glass, and textured iridescent glass with hand pain…

    $6,000.00
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  • Autumn Wind Autumn Wind
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    Seino, Ichiro

    Autumn Wind

    'Autumn Wind' is a dreamy handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Ichiro Seino. The body is a freeform ceramic cylinder with a beautiful hand painted Autumn scene that has raised and pocketed texturing in the glaze, giving this scope a fantastic ear…

    $255.00
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  • Front view Super ZOOMED in
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    Nakazato, Yasuko

    Crystal Flower

    'Crystal Flower' is a stunning sculptural parlor kaleidoscope by Japanese artist and scope master, Yasuko Nakazato. The body was constructed with opaque glass panels that have been reversed painted in silvers and golds, and features a large glass flo…

    $8,000.00
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  • Hand for size reference, it's tiny and adorable! Shining Bottle
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    Ishida, Chikako

    Shining Bottle

    'Shining Bottle' is delightful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida.The scope body is a tiny, delicate, hand-blown glass "genie-like" bottle which contains crinkled birefringent material, little beads, and a tiny faceted gemstone. …

    $48.00
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  • Standing, viewing end down World in a Tube
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    Ishida, Chikako

    World in a Tube

    'World in a Tube' is a magical handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. A wonderfully simple, tubular design in delicate crystal clear glass, the body houses a 3-mirror system which is completely visible and tapered. The object end gr…

    $110.00
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  • YO - 3 Mirror 7-points

    Hosono, Tomoo

    YO - 3 Mirror

    'YO' is an elegantly streamlined handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. The body is a brushed stainless steel cylinder that houses either a 3-Mirror 6-Point OR a 3-Mirror 7-Point system. The enclosed object cell is non-turning an…

    $225.00
  • 3/4 view SHA - 2M,4P
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    Hosono, Tomoo

    SHA - 2M,4P

    "SHA" is a sleek and sexy handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. This scope has a brushed stainless steel body that houses a 2-mirror, 4-point system which creates unusual square shaped kaleidoscopic images. There is an oil-filled,...

    $225.00
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  • Happy Color - Yellow Happy Color - Yellow
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    Hayashi, Kazuko - Happy Color

    Happy Color - Yellow

    'Happy Color - Yellow' is a delightful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Kazuko Hayashi. The body was constructed of 4 bright yellow stained glass panels with fancy oxidized soldering. The body houses is a 2-mirror, 6-point system with an encl…

    $264.00
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  • Asanoha - Green Asanoha - Green
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    Hayashi, Kazuko - Happy Color

    Asanoha - Green

    'Asanoha - Green' is a delightful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Kazuko Hayashi. The body was constructed of 4 bright green stained glass panels with a traditional Japanese Asanoha pattern of overlapping geometric hexagons that mimic the lo…

    $288.00
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    L to R: Pink, Blue Pink cell

    Matsumoto, Takeo & Yoshiko

    Jupiter II

    'Jupiter II' is an "out of this world" handheld kaleidoscope collaboration by Japanese artists Yoshiko and Takeo Matsumoto. The body is made with a clear glass cylinder over a copper metal sleeve that has been heat treated to create an interesting...

    $230.00
  • Midori Midori
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    Matsumoto, Takeo & Yoshiko

    Midori

    "Midori" (Japanese for green) is a gorgeous handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artists Takeo & Yoshiko Matsumoto. This scope has a slumped glass body in pearly white with a textured rainbow sheen that houses a 2-mirror, 11-point system that produc…

    $450.00
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    L to R: Medium, Small Medium scope

    Wakabayashi, Hiroshi

    True Colors

    "True Colors" are sweet little handheld kaleidoscopes by Japanese artist Hiroshi Wakabayashi. Available in a small or medium size, the body is made from a metal cylinder and features shimmery gold poly clay with embedded semi-precious gemstone accent…

    $100.00
  • Morpho Camera zoomed in
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    Wakabayashi, Hiroshi

    Morpho

    "Morpho" is a magical little handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Hiroshi Wakabayashi. The body was made with a clear acrylic cylinder that has a delicately textured, metallic design on the inside with a brilliant blue butterfly on one side and t…

    $150.00
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  • Peridot on resting cradle Peridot
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    Seino, Ichiro

    Peridot

    "Peridot" is a delightful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Ichiro Seino. The body is handmade in ceramic with a metallic flecked, shimmery black glaze, and announces, in gold, the word "Peridot" across the front. The non-turning, dry, black..…

    $185.00
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  • Ruby (BLK) Ruby (BLK)
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    Seino, Ichiro

    Ruby (BLK)

    "Ruby" is a delightful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Ichiro Seino. The body is handmade in ceramic with a metallic flecked, shimmery black glaze, and announces, in gold, the word "Ruby" across the front. The non-turning, oil-filled, black.…

    $185.00
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  • Orb Orb
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    Ishida, Chikako

    Orb

    ‘Orb’ is a sleek little handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. The body is brushed aluminum with a 2-mirror, 8-point system. The object globe is glass, non turning, oil-filled, and contains bits of dichroic and iridescen…

    $60.00
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