This sumi ink stick was made of Superfine rapeseed(canola) oil smoke.
Production Year: 1965
Nanzannozyu is a word that celebrates longevity.
Nanzan is a famous mountain in ancient China and a place where the dead go.
It is a word that expresses how Nanshan has stood on the earth for thousands of years, looking down on the rise and fall of Chinese civilization, without falling or crumbling away.
南 ( Nan : south )
山 ( zan : mountain )
之 ( of )
壽 ( happiness )
SIZE: Width:20mm Length:81mm Thickness:9mm Weight:19gram
Ms. Junko Azukawa, a contemporary calligrapher and ink painter in Australia, explains how to use stickinks.
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