Translator Reviews ( Japanese → English )

Japanese

印伝を丁寧に施したシルバーに、鎚目・燻し加工することで甲冑や、戦う武士をイメージしたリング。印伝の特徴の一つである「紋様の連続性」を活かしたシンプルなラップブレス。印伝紋様は縦方向に配置。表面は印伝（鹿革）で、裏面には牛革を使用。歴史上、甲冑や武具にも使用され、甲州印伝のバッグにも使用されている「組紐」のブレスレット。武士が自らの威厳を示すために様々な色で甲冑に使用した「威毛」もイメージ。印伝は使用せず、印伝の特徴の一つである紋様を彫金したお守りの意味を持つチャームを装着。

English

Rings which are designed from the image of a fighting samurai and a body-armor are created by carefully applying the inden to Silver and processed by hammer and tanned. These are simple wrap bracelets maximizing the effect of the “Continuity of Patterns”, one of features of inden. The inden patter is arranged in vertically direction. The surface leather is the deerskin with inden and the cowskin is used for the rear leather. The bracelets made of “Braided Cord” which is historically used for the body-armor and panoply as well as the Koshu inden bag. The bracelets are also designed from the image of “Odoshige” which is used as a part of body-armor with variety of colors to show the dignity of the samurai himself. Each of them is attached with the charm with toreutic pattern, one of featuring patters of inden.