Kinmanryo inkstick ( Gold leaf ink stick , 金万両 )

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Kinmanryo inkstick ( Gold leaf ink stick , 金万両 )

Kinmanryo inkstick ( Gold leaf ink stick , 金万両 )

Price
$94

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Kinmanryo — 金 (kin, gold) 万 (man, ten thousand) 両 (ryo, an old currency unit) — is a wonderful ink made from the smoke of the finest canola oil with ultra-fine particles. Its shape imitates the gold currency of old Japan from the Edo period (1600s to mid-1800s), cast from the very inkstick moulds used at that time.

Kobaien applies gold leaf for three reasons: for beauty, for preservation since gold resists chemical change over long years, and for practice — calligraphers have long said gold particles smooth the brush's glide, making it especially suited to Kuzushiji, Japanese cursive script.

A small piece of Edo-era currency reborn as ink, carrying centuries of history in its very shape.

Width:42mm Length:83mm Thickness:8mm Weight:45gram

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