ALFRED DUNHILL NAMIKI URAJIRO FERN YUKARI FOUNTAIN PEN

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ALFRED DUNHILL NAMIKI URAJIRO FERN YUKARI FOUNTAIN PEN

EVERY EXCEPTIONAL ALFRED DUNHILL NAMIKI LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN

IS CRAFTED BY HAND, TAKING OVER THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE

AND INVOLVING AS MANY AS EIGHTY PROCESSES.  

EVERY PEN IS A WORK OF ART, AS THE ARTIST’S SIGNATURE PROUDLY TESTIFIES,

AND AN EXAMPLE OF JAPAN’S ANCIENT CULTURE.
THE DUNHILL NAMIKI URAJIRO FERN PEN BEAR THE SAME DESIGN

AS THOSE OF THE ORIGINAL 1930’S FOUNTAIN PEN, WHICH WERE IN TURN

ADAPTED FROM TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DESIGNS.
THERE IS OFTEN A SYMBOLISM ATTACHED TO THE SUBJECTS WHICH EXPLAINS

THE APPEARANCE OF THE SAME DESIGNS AGAIN AND AGAIN IN JAPANESE WORKS OF ART. 

IN ORIENTAL DESIGN, NATURAL FORMS ARE PARED DOWN TO EXPRESS THEIR ESSENCE OR SPIRIT, “URAJIRO” IS AN EVERGREEN FERN FOUND IN ASIA. IT HAS LARGE DISTINCTIVE LEAVES, SPLIT IN TWO LIKE OUTSTRETCHED WINGS. ON THE BACK OF THESE “WINGS”

ARE HUNDREDS OF SPORES WHICH GIVE THE PLANT ITS NAME.
URAJIRO IS CONSIDERED TO BRING GOOD FORTUNE, ITS LEAVES USED AS NEW YEAR’S DECORATIONS. THE MAKI-E ARTIST HAS SUGGESTED THE DELICACY OF THE FERN WITH CONSUMMATE SKILL, WHILE THE LACQUERING TECHNIQUE MIRRORS THE FERNS QUALITY

OF ENDURANCE. ONLY 200 URAJIRO PENS EXIST.
THE FINEST 18K GOLD NIB COULD QUALIFY FOR AN ALFRED DUNHILL NAMIKI FOUNTAIN PEN.