【KISHU】IKIMATSU, good for calligraghy and sumie painting nagano but also because it is

but also because it is easy to care for

While it's possible to substitute other types of combs

Nara Sumi Ink made from sesame oil soot by KINKOEN : BOTANJISHI

a master shokunin of Nara brushes

this particular brush's excellent sumi ink retention and crisp

【KISHU】IKIMATSU, good for calligraghy and sumie painting nagano but also because it isIn 2022, an important event in the history of Japanese pine soot (shen) took place when a bundle of Kishu Ikimatsu Shen, a pine soot raw material produced in the Showa era, was discovered in Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture. Ikimatsu Shen is soot obtained by burning pinewood that has been naturally exuding resin due to intentional scoring. It was once known as a specialty product of Kishu. However, in 1958, Shinji Shoten, a pine soot wholesaler that