Nagasawa Kobe INK No. 56 Rokko Shichidanka — Ink Review #118
Kobe 56 — Rokko Shichidanka Ink Review # 118 Originally posted on FPN: Mar 16, 2024 Ink: Rokko Shichidanka Brand: Nagasawa Kobe INK Country: Japan Availability: 50 ml bottles Pens Used: Pilot F3A EF, Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B, 1.1), Osmiroid Copperplate nib Description Many thanks to @Lithium466 for the sample 🙏 The Ink is named after a Japanese Hydrangea. The chroma represents the complex tones of the flower. I most enjoyed doing washes with this ink, rather than writing. The ink is too complex and gorgeous to write with. 😛 If I were to use it for writing it would be on a white Japanese paper with a B nib. The colour simply sings and evokes mid-summer. On Rhodia it was flat, and it bled through with a B nib. Note that the pink dye in the chroma is stubborn and will take some time to clean your pen :) Chroma Writing Samples The texts are poems by Akiko Yosano ( 1878 – 1942) translated by Sam Hamill & K...