Japanese Scopes

"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..…

"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...

"Samsara #4" is a lovely handheld kaleidoscope by Chikako Ishida. This rectangular scope has two clear glass over a decorative pattern sides and two sides of textured clear glass. This scope has a dry, non-turning object cell that includes lampworked…

"Samsara #3" is a lovely handheld kaleidoscope by Chikako Ishida. This rectangular scope has two, clear glass over a decorative pattern sides, and two sides of textured clear glass. This scope has a dry, non-turning object cell that includes lampwork…

"Samsara #2" is a lovely handheld kaleidoscope by Chikako Ishida. This rectangular scope has two, clear glass over a decorative pattern sides, and two sides of textured clear glass. This scope has a dry, non-turning object cell that includes lampwork…

"Night on the Game Board" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Akinori. The body is rectangular, in black stained glass with decorative soldering. The side-lit, dry-cell object chamber includes handmade lampworked glass with a black backgrou…

"Shining Bottle" is a tiny, delicate, blown glass, handheld kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Chikako Ishida. This scope is a small, genie-like bottle which contains birfringent material and tiny beads. The scope captures light, reflected from the dich…

"Arabesque in White" is a lovely handheld kaleidoscope by Kyoko and Toru Kiribayashi. This handmade ceramic scope has a non-turning, oil-filled, side-lit object chamber with a black background, it contains handmade lampworked glass and glass beads. T…

"S Series Collaboration 5-Point" is a kaleidoscope collaboration created by Tomoo Hosono and Motohiro Sato. The scope body is brushed stainless steel and measures approximately 4"L x 1-3/8" in diameter. This is a non-turning, oil-filled, polarized ob…

"Botanical Teleidoscope" is a wonderful little teleidoscope by Japanese artist Yazuko Nakazato. The body is hand-painted glass over gold art paper with filligree end caps. This scope is a 3-mirror system that creates bright, clear images of whatever …

"Circle" is a lovely little scope from Tomoo Hosono. The body is brushed stainless steel, has a dry, end-lit, non-turning object cell which includes birefringent material. This scope has a unique mirror system which creates brilliant, colorful "circu…