Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen floor lamp Japanese paper

Name: A new polite Cloth stand designed by Ryosuke Harashima.Made of black steel pipes and light green glass. STATEMENT: The morphing of Emon-Kake (Kimon...

Name: OBAKE A Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings. Base is made of brass. Limited pattern painted model. Edition of 3+1AP E26,27 light bulb. Available to work with 100-250V. Artist statement In Japan, there is an animist belief that the soul dwells in old tools that have passed a long time and turns into spirits such as "Youkai" or "OBAKE." Its existence lurks in the darkness of everyday life, sometimes causing fear and sometimes entertaining. This lantern is not an old tool, but it is made by the historic "Kojima Shoten", where the 10th generation are craftsmen in Kyoto. It's rare nowadays, and it's a style in which lanterns are made from bamboo bones to assembling papers and painting in one workshop and go. So, I decided to transform the polite crafted Japanese lanterns, which have been run through a traditional history, into a modern and pop style. It's not just OBAKE lurking in the darkness, but an existence who snuggles up to us as a more sophisticated being. These one-eyed OBAKE have a meaningful look that originated in ancient Sanskrit culture. The red-eye "A [a]" is the facial expression that is the first pronunciation to make a sound in Sanskrit, which means "truth" and "spirit of inquiry" at the same time. The blue-eyed "UN [hu?]" expresses the pronunciation to close the sound, and at the same time means "wisdom" and "nirvana." There is also the idea that describing the beginning and end of the universe is represented by considering the "A" and "UN" as a pair. In Asia, it is a common sight to see a pair of guardian statues...

Cardinal lamp Sculpture by Hiroyuki Nishimura. Material cypress, washi Japanese paper, animal glue In case of ordering, we will make new one. Artis...

Contemporary Japanese style floor light. Rather sculpture than lighting. Made of rusted steel, ceramic, and wood. Base is metal. Ivory part is ceramic in Japanese traditional style. Top twin panels...

Metal structure, white fabric diffuser, ground support in chromed steel rod. Ethereal presence fully representing Takahama's lightness design. Takahama, born in 1930, he studied ar...

The Kazuki floor lamp, produced in 1975 by the Italian lighting manufacturer Sirrah to a design by the Japanese architect and designer Kazuhide Takahama, present a fresh interpretati...

Kazuhide Takahama (1930- 2010) studied architecture at university in Tokyo from 1949, taking his degree in 1953. He's, however, primarily known as a furniture and lighting designer. ...

Italian modern White floor lamp Kazuki by Kazuhide Takahama for Sirrah, 1980s Fantastic and vintage floor lamp mod. Kazuki with rhomboidal bas...