This ink contains safflower from Yamagata Prefecture.
べに ( beni : red )
ばな ( bana : flower )
The main ingredient is superb rapeseed oil.
The blackness of the ink is very much enhanced by safflower red.
**Size 0.7 has an oval shape.
Ms. Junko Azukawa, a contemporary calligrapher and ink painter in Australia, explains how to use stickinks.
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