Japanese Scopes

'Kitten Paws' - Pink is an adorable little handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Koji Nazuka. The body is pearlescent pink acrylic panels featuring sweet little paw prints going up the front and back. This is a 2-mirror, 8-point system with an...

"Cards" is a magical handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Hiroshi Wakabayashi. The body was constructed from a clear acrylic cylinder that with delicately textured, hand-painted metallic art on it's inside. The body features a single playing card…

'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…

'Butterflies' - Blue, is a gorgeous handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist and scope master Yasuko Nakazato. The body was created with two pieces of blue slumped glass with a cut-out butterfly design which reveals another layer of swirling iridesce…

"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.…

'Yumezakura', Japanese for "Dream Cherry Blossom", is an absolutely breathtaking handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chiyuki Kagawa. The body is constructed of 12 tapered panels of glass with bright pastel pink/green art paper set beneath them, …

'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…

"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...

'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...

"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…

"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…

"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…

"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..…

"Misora" is a lovely handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chitoshi Takabayashi. The elegant scope body is made from solid rich hardwood with a smoothly turning, oil-filled, side and end lit, acrylic object cell with a textured, soft blue, translu…

"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.…

"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...

‘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…