Tag: Ink overview
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My Ink Collection: 1266 Bottles and 61 Litres of Ink (2021)
More than a year ago I wrote about my then collection of 1091 Bottles and 47 Litres of Ink and a year and a half before that my 637 Bottles and 33.47 Litres of Ink. Now, moving out of the year that was 2020 I think it is time for another update.
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series I Part 2 (Nekoyanagi, Sumire, Yamabuki and Yomogi)
Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man’yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first…
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series I Part 1 (Akebi, Haha, Kikyou and Kuzu)
Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man’yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first…
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Ink Overview: Taccia Ukiyo-e Kitagawa Utamaro inks (Aomurasaki, Benizakura, Ume Murasake, and Usuzumi)
Taccia have a series of inks based on Japanese Ukiyo-e artists and selections of their works. The first two series are based on four works from Hukusai Katsushika which are predominantly landscape works and the other series is on four works from Sharaku Tōshūsai which are portrait works. The inks take inspiration from specific colours…
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Ink Overview: Taccia Ukiyo-e Hiroshige inks (Ainezu, Asahanada, Nakamurasaki, and Ruri)
Taccia have a series of inks based on Japanese Ukiyo-e artists and selections of their works. The first two series are based on four works from Hukusai Katsushika which are predominantly landscape works and the other series is on four works from Sharaku Tōshūsai which are portrait works. The inks take inspiration from specific colours…
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Ink Overview: Taccia Ukiyo-e Hokusai Katsushika inks (Benitsuchi, Koiai, Sabimidori, and Fukakihanada)
Taccia are making a series of inks based on Japanese Ukiyo-e artists and selections of their works. The current two series are based on four works from Hukusai Katsushika (this series) which are predominantly landscape works and the other series (which you can view here) is on four works from Sharaku Tōshūsai which are portrait…