Japanese Scopes

'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…

'Silent Night' is a beautiful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. The scope body was created with 10 clear yet frost-textured stained glass panels making a lovely ten-sided cone shaped scope with a black felt bottom. The body hou…

"Love in the Margins" is a lovely handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Aki Nakamura. The octagon body is made with eight clear glass panels that have a gorgeous sacred geometry pattern in earthy hues, with gilded accenting, beneath the surface. T…

"YO" is a elegantly streamlined handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. The body is a brushed stainless steel cylinder that houses 2-Mirror 5-Point internal system. The enclosed object cell is non-turning and polarized, with both...

"YO" is a 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 internal system. The enclosed object cell is non-turning…

'GEN' is a sleek and modern handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. This scope has a brushed stainless steel body that houses EITHER a 3-mirror, 6-point OR a 2-mirror, 5-point system, each creating wispy yet vibrant, completely...

"Circle" is a modern and mysterious little kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. The body is a brushed stainless steel cylinder with a dry, end-lit, non-turning, internal object cell with a frosted glass background, and contains slices of...

"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,...

'Asanoha Cylinder' is a delightful handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Kazuko Hayashi. The body was constructed of 4 stained glass panels, the front and back in vivid green with a traditional Japanese "Asanoha" pattern - overlapping geometric...

'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…

'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…

'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...