Bijo-To-Yaju

Design informed by Ukiyo-e, Kintsugi and Kabuki explores the parallels between western and eastern storytelling. A gleaming shishi figure assumes the protector role of Cocteau’s fabled Beast.

Material and emotional temptation are represented by a golden key. In Cocteau’s tale, Belle must make a choice between love and riches. Purity enabled her to find both.

A dedicated shishi display base and a presentation case in lacquered wood accompany auspicious editions of 222 fountain pens and 99 rollerballs. Design by Tomita Kazuhiko.

Born in Nagasaki and educated at London’s RCA, Tomita Kazuhiko’s doctrine of “2.5-dimensional design” uses Japanese artisanal traditions to elaborate and subvert modern European contexts.