Modern Suiseki

Hakkaisan-seki-I

I would like to introduce Hakkaisan-seki here.

Hakkaisan-seki or Hakkai-seki is come from Mizunashi river in Hakkaisan. It is also come from Uono river because Mizunashi river joins Uono river. Hakkaisan-seki is great for Suiseki.

It's my story that I had interested in Suiseki because I met Hakkaisan-seki immediately after knowing Kamui Cotan-seki.

What is great in Hakkaisan-seki is a feeling of massiveness and a heavy feeling.

It's not only appearance but Hakkaisan-seki is actually heavy than other usual stone. If you have a chance, I recommend holding Hakkaisan-seki.

Jasper is also heavier than other stones and it is one of ways to distinguish jasper but Hakkaisan-seki might be heavier than jasper.

Moreover, texture is good. Jagure is one of feature of Hakkaisan-seki. Jagure in Hakkaisan-seki is one of characteristic. It looks like traces by scooping up or taking up with a spoon.

Further, white lines are also found in Hakkaisan-seki.

Let's see Hakkaisan-seki.

Hakkaisan-seki - from Mizunashi river

In local areas, as strictly, from only Hakkaisan-seki from Mizunashi river should be called Hakkaisan-seki, and stones from Uono river should be called Uono river stone.

However, in the most cases, both stones from Uono river and Mizunashi river are called Hakkaisan-seki.

Well, because Mizunashi river joins Uono river, I think stones from Uono river can be called Hakkaisan-seki as long as three characteristics, heavy, jagure, and white lines are observed.

On the other hand, very small glittering can be observed only in Hakkaisan-seki from Mizunashi river. Because they are caused by mica on the surface and it is removed by rolling from Mizunashi river to Uono river.

This is from Mizunashi river：

I hope you can find Jagure as if scooping up or taking up with a spoon.

Moreover, this heavy feeling.

In the above photo, it is difficult to see glittering, but a lot of glittering can be observed in the naked eye.

This is bottom side. In the naked eye, there are lots of glittering.

If changed angle, it looks like gallant.

There is no glittering on the wear corner, but around there, shinny round texture which can be observed in hard stones is also seen.

Hakkaisan-seki

I bought this as Hakkaisan-seki, but I don’t know if it is true or not.

Because Hakkaisan-seki is famous in Suiseki and therefore, there are lots of stones sold as Hakkaisan-seki.

Jagure looks like scooping up or taking up with a spoon but there is no glittering.

White lines are observed.

It is heavy.

I am not sure this stone is surely Hakkaisan-seki or not but I like shape, hardness, texture and Jagure.