Kinsenzairei inkstick ( Brownish black, Real gold leaf, 金千歳苓 )

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Kinsenzairei inkstick ( Brownish black, Real gold leaf, 金千歳苓 )

Kinsenzairei inkstick ( Brownish black, Real gold leaf, 金千歳苓 )

Price
$166

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Kinsenzairei — 金 (kin, gold) 千 (sen, thousand) 歳 (sai, years old) 苓 (rei, licorice) — takes its name from Senzairei, a term for a thousand-year-old licorice fungus that also carries the meaning of prosperity and happiness.

Made from superb rapeseed oil, pushed dark it turns glossy black, thinned it settles into a brownish black — a stick considered especially suited to painting.

Kobaien applies gold leaf, or Kinmaki, 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.

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