Taccia Ukiyo-e Hokusai Fukaki-hanada — Ink Review #246
Taccia Hokusai-fukakihanada Ink Review # 246 Originally posted on FPN: May 20, 2026 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Fukaki-hanada Brand: Taccia Ukiyo-e series. Availability: 40 ml bottles. Country: Japan Pens Used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ stub 1.1), Karas Customs with a FPnibs flex with ebonite feed. What’s in a name? Ukiyo-e art was a genre of woodblock printing and painting that flourished in Japan in the Edo period (1603–1868). This ink is inspired by the great Japanese printmaker Hokusai (1760–1849), specifically the gorgeous blue of Kajikazawa in Kai Province one of his Thirty -six Views of Mount Fuji print s . The name Fukaki-hanada translates roughly to deep hanada, with fukaki meaning deep and hanada referring to a traditional Japanese indigo-blue color name. While the colour is not my type, after reviewin...