Japanese Stationery & Writing Tools
The Complete Guide to 200 Brushes, Inks, Papers & Instruments of Writing
- AuthorAki Wakamatsu
- PublisherTakikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC
- CategoryJapan Guides & Culture
- LanguageEnglish
- FormatEPUB ebook
About this book
Japan writes by hand more seriously than any other rich country — and this is the guide to the tools it writes with.
Japanese Stationery & Writing Tools covers 200 entries in one maker's format: the tool itself, its making and makers, how to use and care for it, and how to buy it well. Kumano, Nara and Toyohashi brushes and the hairs they are sorted from. Nara and Suzuka inksticks, and the inkstones of Amehata, Akama and Ogatsu. Pilot, Sailor and Platinum fountain pens, glass pens, the world's most engineered pencils, rotating mechanical pencils and the ink libraries of Iroshizuku, Kobe and Sailor's ink studios. The notebooks and letter papers judged by what a pen does on them — and the brush town, ink workshops, Ginza flagships, pen clinics and ink bars where all of it is made and sold.
It is honest where money demands it. Stationery prices, limited editions and stock change constantly, so no entry asserts a current price or availability: each closes with its own specific care and buying notes and the same instruction to confirm price, stock, specifications and hours in official sources. Brand and shop names are factual description, never endorsement.
Come and read the country by its desks.
Written and created in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu. Published by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, a Japanese publisher in Hokkaido, Japan. Authentic Japanese content, carefully made in Japan — not mass-produced.
