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This is an ink stick made from canola oil smoke and fine glue.
This ink spreads very well and produces an elegant black color in dark ink and kind of three-dimensional black color in light ink.
It is suitable for works on large paper.
虎 ( Ko : tiger )
渓 ( Kei: brook )
三( San : three )
笑( Shou : laughing )
"Three laughs at Tiger Brook"
A metaphor for being so absorbed in one thing that one forgets everything else.
Three laughs at Tiger Brook is a Chinese proverb which refers to the image that the three men, Huiyuan, Tao Yuanming and Lu Xiujing laugh together when arriving at Huxi of Mount Lu.
Wikipedia ( Three laughs at Tiger Brook )
Ms. Junko Azukawa, a contemporary calligrapher and ink painter in Australia, explains how to use stickinks.
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