A framed ceramic work depicting the atmospheric scenes of the Gion Festival, held in Gion in Kyoto. Its colours and finely detailed rendering express the traditional beauty of Japan.

Kyoto Shippo
Shippo — cloisonné — has long been held to rival in beauty the seven treasures of Buddhist teaching: gold, silver, lapis lazuli, crystal, giant clam, coral and agate. Shippo is a craft art with a thousand years of history and tradition, in which vitreous glaze is fired onto metal. The shippo that flowered in Kyoto — which may well be called a first-magnitude star as the centre of Japanese culture — is known as Kyoto Shippo.

A Master of Fifty Years
Among the makers of Kyoto Shippo, only a handful have more than 50 years of experience, and the maker Yoshihiro Akagawa is held to be one of the outstanding masters among them. The greatest mark of his technique is that he commands every stage of a craft normally divided among specialists, from making the base to the final polishing. This allows him to create forms, patterns and colours as intricate as a mandala, shaping them freely wherever his imagination leads. Please enjoy the exceptional beauty of colour by a leading figure of Kyoto Shippo, commended as a person of merit in traditional industrial technique.

A One-of-a-Kind Panel to Display
A framed ceramic work we also recommend for the decoration of an executive office, or to hang in a fine home. Every framed ceramic work we handle is a one-off, painted entirely by hand without transfers.

Made to Order
This piece is made to order.

Contents and Dimensions
Ceramic framed artwork × 1, paper box.
Frame size: L 51cm W: 41.5cm / Panel size: L: 33.3cm W: 23.5cm
As each piece is handmade, slight variations in size may occur.