Japanese Scopes

"RIN" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Yasuko Nakazato. The body is made from beautiful slumped glass in a mix of reflective and matte, silver and gold. The turning, oil-filled object cylinder is extra special because its split into two.…

"Chrysanthemum" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Yasuko Nakazato. The body of this scope is bronze/copper/black slumped glass with Chrysanthemums in relief. There is a modified 3-Mirror system, the turning object cylinder is...

"Katagami" series handheld kaleidoscopes by Japanese artist Yasuko Nakazato. Katagami are paper stencils traditionally used in the dyeing of fabric for kimono and other garments, these were brought to Europe and America in the second half of the...

"Aurora" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. The body is made of glass over reflective iridescent film. It has a dry, non-turning object cell, and a 2-mirror system with 8 points that create crisp, gorgeous imagery. Scope...

"Jupiter II" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Takeo and Yoshiko Matsumoto. This scope has a beautiful copper body encased in glass and measures approximately 6.5"L x 1.75" in diameter. This scope has a non-turning, oil-filled, side-lit object chamber wi…

"Jupiter" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Takeo and Yoshiko Matsumoto. This scope has a beautiful copper body encased in glass and measures approximately 5"L x 1-1/4" in diameter. This scope has a non-turning, oil-filled, side-lit object chamber with..…

"Samsara", by Mr. and Mrs. Haneishi, is a lovely, stained glass, 2-mirror, 8 point kaleidoscope. It features 3 interchangeable object cells, 2 oil-filled and 1 dry, all are side-lit. The cells contain handmade lampworked glass and other colorful,...

"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 Chitoshi Takabayashi. The scope body is solid wood and there is a turning, oil-filled, side-lit and end-lit, frosted glass background, object cell that contains handmade, lampworked, glas…

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 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...