Hoshi ni Negaiwo: Mizuha (Wish Upon a Star: Mizuha) with diamonds

Wishing upon a star.

A form of prayer that hasn’t changed since ancient times.
Memory of a blue prayer.

People 1,000 years ago, we in the present, and people 1,000 years from now
all look to the stars and offer up a precious prayer for someone.

Oh, light
Go beyond

※ “Wish Upon a Star” is Toto Akihiko’s life work, an evolving piece and a prayer for world peace.
The first installment, made for Yogen-in in 2010, is displayed alongside Tawaraya Sotatsu’s important cultural property “Karajishizu (Chinese Lion).”
This was the first work in the world to incorporate diamonds in a piece of karakami art.
The award-winning Belgian Grunberger Diamonds used in the karakami piece are high-quality natural diamonds handpicked for their unparalleled beauty and honed by combining the original cutting method “Grunberger Precision Cut ®,” with the “heart and cupid” combination for sparkling gems. 

Autumn 2019
Karakami Artist Toto Akihiko