Kin-Sakuragata ( 金さくら形 ) is a top-grade oil-smoke ink made with rapeseed oil.
The color of dark black is especially good, and the ink is very smooth and light.
The color of the ink is a calm, shallow black for dark ink, and grayish and bluish for light ink.
金 ( kin : gold )
櫻 ( sakura : cherry blossom )
形 ( mold )
Ms. Junko Azukawa, a contemporary calligrapher and ink painter in Australia, explains how to use stickinks.
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