Nakaya 17mm Portable Cigar Blue Rose with RadenRaden is a Maki e technique which utilizes natural shell material combined with Urushi lacquer finishing. Nakaya most often uses abalone shell for its blue hues and bright reflective surfaces, in this case over a layered Heki tamenuri finish. This very simple design employs tiny pieces of raden (blue abalone shell) to depict the petals of the rose. Small green pieces of raden are also used to represent leaves. A scattering of petals and leaves seem to