山見 浩司 | 万華鏡作家
Koji Yamami | Kaleidoscope Artist
山見 浩司 撮影
Filmed by Koji Yamami
Selected Works
代表作品
GODZILLA
2021
万華鏡世界大会にて最優秀作品賞受賞
CBS Dichroic glass contest First Place 受賞
幼少期の頃からの憧れの怪獣を自分なりに形にして表現
高さ：約50cm
Wins "People’s Choice Award" at the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society Convention.
Also awarded First Place at the CBS (Coatings By Sandberg) Dichroic Glass Contest.
Inspired by the kaiju (a Japanese term for giant monster) I have admired since childhood, this piece is my own interpretation of that lifelong fascination.
Height: Approx. 50 cm
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GODZILLA
2021
万華鏡世界大会にて最優秀作品賞受賞
CBS Dichroic glass contest First Place 受賞
幼少期の頃からの憧れの怪獣を自分なりに形にして表現
高さ：約50cm
Wins "People’s Choice Award" at the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society Convention.
Also awarded First Place at the CBS (Coatings By Sandberg) Dichroic Glass Contest.
Inspired by the kaiju (a Japanese term for giant monster) I have admired since childhood, this piece is my own interpretation of that lifelong fascination.
Height: Approx. 50 cm
CIRCLE CITY & VILLAGE
2026
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A SMALL VILLAGE ON A BIG TREE
2025
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伊達政宗
2024
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WAVEIII
2023
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Antwerpen
2023
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A SMALL TOWN ON THE RED ROCKS
2021
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DRAGON’S DREAM
2020
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SNOW QUEEN
2020
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MEMORIES OF ARIZONA
2019
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LOVE ME TENDER
2015
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MAIKO
2001
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Process
制作風景
日本の万華鏡ができるまで。鏡と光が作り出す限りなき世界
The Making of a Japanese Kaleidoscope: An Infinite World of Mirrors and Light
アトリエで普段はこんな感じで万華鏡を制作しています
How I Make Kaleidoscopes in My Studio
一期一会の色彩美。万華鏡に魅せられ世界一になった男
A World of Color, Never to Be Seen Twice. The Man Who Fell for Kaleidoscopes and Became the Best in the World.
万華鏡制作過程
How a Kaleidoscope Is Made
Profile
プロフィール
Koji Yamami
山見 浩司
東京生まれ。ステンドグラスとデザインを学んだのち、1987年、独学で万華鏡づくりを始める。
皇室へも作品を献上する世界的な万華鏡作家。
日本万華鏡界の第一人者として多方面での活動を行っている。
Born in Tokyo. After studying stained glass and design, he began making kaleidoscopes as a self-taught artist in 1987.
A world-renowned kaleidoscope artist whose works have been presented to Japan's Imperial Family.
He is active across many fields as a leading figure in the Japanese kaleidoscope world.
Selected achievements
主な実績
万華鏡世界大会「最優秀作品賞」通算11回受賞
日本の皇室をはじめ、ブルネイ国王・ドバイ国王へ万華鏡を献上
アメリカ万華鏡協会「Cozette Award」を日本人として初めて受賞(万華鏡界への貢献者に贈られる賞)
NHK・日本経済新聞など主要メディアに出演
日本初の万華鏡制作講座を開設
著書多数:『はじめての手作り万華鏡』『癒しの万華鏡DVDブック』『万華鏡大全』『手作り万華鏡入門』
有田焼、セーラームーン、1億5000万円のダイヤモンドなど異分野とのコラボレーション実績
アメリカ各地でワークショップを継続開催
Wins "People’s Choice Award" at the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society Convention, 11 times total
Kaleidoscopes presented to Japan's Imperial Family, as well as the King of Brunei and the Ruler of Dubai
First Japanese recipient of the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society's Cozette Award (an award given to those who have contributed significantly to the kaleidoscope world)
Featured on major media outlets including NHK and Nikkei
Founded Japan's first kaleidoscope-making course
Author of multiple books, including My First Handmade Kaleidoscope, Healing Kaleidoscopes DVD Book, The Complete Kaleidoscope, and Introduction to Handmade Kaleidoscopes
Collaborations across disciplines, including with Arita ware, Sailor Moon, and a diamond valued at ¥150 million (approx. US$940,000)
Ongoing workshops held throughout the United States
Kaleidoscope & me
万華鏡と私
私が万華鏡と出会ったのは、アメリカ西海岸のとあるお店
望遠鏡？何気なく手に取って覗いた瞬間、色彩の宇宙に入り込んでしまったような錯覚になり、目の前に広がった光景にとても衝撃を受けました。
それ以来、制作意欲が異常に込み上げてきて、ひたすら作る事に夢中でした。
万華鏡制作は、どこまで行っても終わりがなく、
ミラーシステムの可能性は無限に等しい。
そして、それは二度とたどり着けない一期一会の世界。
これほど、自分にとって魅力的なものは未だかつて出会ったことが無いのです。
I first encountered a kaleidoscope at a small shop on the West Coast of America. A telescope? I picked it up almost without thinking and looked inside — and in that instant, I felt as though I'd been pulled into a universe of color, and I was completely captivated by the sight unfolding before my eyes.
From that moment on, an overwhelming urge to create welled up in me, and I became utterly absorbed in making kaleidoscopes.
Kaleidoscope-making has no end, no matter how far you go — the possibilities of the mirror system are, in effect, infinite. And it is a world of ichigo ichie (一期一会 — a once-in-a-lifetime encounter, never to be reached in quite the same way again): no view can ever be seen twice.
I have never, in my life, encountered anything that captivates me as much as this.
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