KOP Cobra to Gekkou, Cobra in Moonlight, Fountain Pen * Sailor

 As the moonlight softly illuminates the earth, the Cobra appears without a sound. The silver light reflects off its gleaming scales, and its shimmering body moves through the night as silently as flowing water. Cobra to Gekkou (Cobra in the Moonlight) is the fifth model of the series KOP maki-e “Animals in the Moonlight” or “Dobutsu to Gekkou”.

 The artist Ikki Moroiki 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.

He joined the exhibition of Kanazawa Lacquer Arts and Crafts from 1986 and won the top honor three times. At the Exhibition of Yamanaka Lacquer Art Craft Maki-e, his five crafts were selected to be lifetime awards in Yamanaka town I Ishikawa prefecture. He has been awarded the top honor four times 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 was 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 h was embraced as a regular member of the Japanese Art Crafts Association in 1999.

He is now a member of the following associations:

• Japanese art craft association
• Kanazawa lacquer work association
• Kanazawa lacquer art craft association
• Kanazawa lacquer art craft industry and commerce cooperative association
• Kaga art association
• Yamanaka lacquer art craft maki-e association