Sailor Limited Edition King of Pens (KOP) Cobra to Gekkou (Cobra in the Moonlight) Maki-e Fountain Pen

Sailor Limited Edition King of Pens (KOP) Cobra to Gekkou (Cobra in the Moonlight) Maki-e Fountain Pen

Under the quiet glow of moonlight, a cobra glides silently across the earth.
Its silvered scales catch the lunar light, shimmering like rippling water. This secret dance unfolds unseen, witnessed only by the silent moon above. Bathed in its glow, the cobra embodies a captivating balance of beauty and danger.

The “Cobra to Gekkou” (“Cobra in the Moonlight”) marks the fifth creation in Sailor’s exclusive Animals in the Moonlight (Dobutsu to Gekkou) Limited Edition King of Pens Maki-e series.

KAGA Maki-e Artist, Ikki Moroike

Mr Ikki Moroike was born in 1962 in Ishikawa prefecture in Japan. After graduating from high school in 1980, he served his apprenticeship with Mr Ikkou Kiyose a famous Maki-e artist, living in Kanazawa.

He completed his time with Mr Kiyose in 1986 and started his own business in Kaga City in Ishikawa prefecture. He joined the Exhibition of Kanazawa Lacquer Arts and Crafts from 1986 and he won the top honor three times.
He joined the Exhibition of Yamanaka Lacquer Art Craft Maki-e and his five crafts were selected for lifetime awards in Kaga City. Two of his crafts were also selected to be lifetime awards in Yamanaka Town in Ishikawa prefecture.
He has been awarded the top honor four timess so far from the Exhibition of Yamanaka Lacquer Art Craft Maki-e. His craft was selected at the Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Lacquer Art Craft for the first time in 1988.
In 1994, his craft was exhibited at the Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Lacquer Art Craft and bought by the Imperial Household Agency. His craft was selected at the Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Art Craft for the first time in 1996
and he was embraced as a regular member of the Japanese Art Crafts Association in 1999.