Japanese Scopes

"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…

"Kosaika Parlor" is an amazing kaleidoscope by Motohiro Sato. This beautiful blown glass scope/stand that has a dual-layer object chamber which has both a polarized and a refractive layer. These layers together with a precise 3-mirror system create..…

"The Wright Brothers" is a wonderful parlor kaleidoscope by Koji Yamami. This scope has a unique mirror system that creates a fantastic, colorful, 3-dimensional image. Scope has 2 object wheels, one wheel is made of many colors of textured dichroic g…

"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…

"Kimono" kaleidoscopes are made by Yasuko Nakazato using upcycled, traditional Kimono fabrics. They are non-turning and oil-filled, come in either 2 or 3 mirror systems. The dichroic glass pieces in the cell are vibrant and correlate with the colors.…

"Papabubule" is a parlor by Japanese artist Kazuyo Ikoma. The body is a sculptural, ceramic creation by Yomoko Haitani. This scope features two different mirror systems, a 2-mirror system and a unique system that creates a narrow Parasol image. Both.…

"Cards" is a handheld kaleidoscope by Hiroshi Wakabayashi. This scope has a non-turning, dry, end-lit object cell that contains birfringent material which lights up its colorful, ever changing 2-mirror imagery. The outside of the scope body has playi…

"Snow Queen" is a one-of-a-kind parlor kaleidoscope by Japanese artist Koji Yamami. The sculptural body is formed with beautiful, iridescent stained glass and mirrored, textured glass with decorative soldering. There are two 5" in diameter, freely...

"Oval" by Yasuko Nakazato has beautiful, intricate imagery. The interior features a 3-mirror system with a unique silver column down one side that repeats on the opposite side, and includes an engraving of the artist's signature. The turning, oil-fil…