Lapis Lazuli Hand-Carved Netsuke & Tenkoku Seal 10mm Square Single Character "Sou" (with Case) When ordering domestic precious stone tenkoku, the carving fee for a single character is about 10,000 yen. The lapis lazuli material also costs an additional 3,000 yen. Normally, if you order, the material and tenkoku fee will be over 13,000 yen. We have over 400 characters in stock in this series. All are hand-carved by skilled tenkoku artists. Because there is a hole in the material, you can attach a string and use it as a netsuke. This lapis lazuli tenkoku seal is a product developed by our store, and each one is polished and produced from the material, so the size and shape are subtly different. The tenkoku is a work of art carefully created by skilled tenkoku artists after hand-writing the tenkoku font. Because it is impossible to create the exact same shape and design twice, it is also ideal as a bank seal. (Currently, most commercially available round seals are machine-carved, so if you carve the same font on the same diameter material, the seal face will be almost the same.) The tenkoku seal font, Tensho-tai, is a font from the time of Qin Shi Huang of China about 2300 years ago and is said to be the most beautiful font. Tenkoku seals are works of art, so the design of the seal face includes techniques such as tapping in addition to carving, and the jaggedness and subtle chipping of the seal face kanji and frame are also part of the design and are not defects. This feature has an excellent forgery prevention effect, so it is often used as a bank seal. Please purchase after fully understanding the history and traditional techniques of tenkoku. ★For bank seals, library seals, pottery, calligraphy, painting, picture letters, etc.★ Size: Approximately 1cm * 1cm * 4cm