This inkstick is made from pine tree turpentine smoke and rare donkey glue (Akyou 阿膠 / Genkyou 幻膠), which has been developed by Koubeien through years of experience. It makes beautiful faint bluish black.
阿( a : rare )
膠( kyou : glue )
い ( i )
き ( ki )
ま ( ma )
つ ( tsu )
Ms. Junko Azukawa, a contemporary calligrapher and ink painter in Australia, explains how to use stickinks.
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