Ink Surprise From Tinjapan Shosaikan Seiran

[Algester]

http://i.imgur.com/1h6DJXWl.jpg

Everyone knows this box

but the surprise is

http://i.imgur.com/f2uP9Z1l.jpg

Shosaikan logo

http://i.imgur.com/LYsPmv4l.jpg

Ink label

 

http://i.imgur.com/Ca7O97xl.jpg

 

Ink in full glory Ohh my very very deep blue as the name indigo blue would suggest sadly I can't type Japanese but that's the translated ink name

Edited January 23, 2015 by Algester

[jmccarty3]

Nice discovery! Hope we can find a source.

[Algester]

according to saskia cool-japan from ebay can get the ink for you the problem would be is the availability of the supply I'm not too sure if the shosaikan inks are an LE run or will be a store mainstay

[Tinjapan]

They are a LE but they have not decided yet to get more or not. Same as KN inks. They had quite a few available when I was there in mid December.

[jmccarty3]

Apart from the ink, which is beautiful, I really like the label on the bottle cap.

[Tinjapan]

Opps! I mistyped above. They ARE NOT limited editon, but they may or may not decide to continue them.

[Algester]

I'll be honest I didnt really know where the ink was from until I decided to translate the name... ohh silly me LOL

[Cyber6]

I do love this ink (Sei Ran)... but my real favorite is the Shin Zan....

 

 

And yes.. the label is very elegant.

[Tinjapan]

 

 

 

And yes.. the label is very elegant.

 

As is the store.

[Algester]

despite it none shading it grew on me a very wet dark blue ink like ocean deep color mmm no sheen either but I could just skip the sheen tto some it maybe a boring ink but mmm

[amberleadavis]

Great Stuff. Thank you for sharing!

[Newjelan]

Nice ink, lovely label and beautiful bottle - what more could one ask for? *sigh

[Tinjapan]

Nice ink, lovely label and beautiful bottle - what more could one ask for? *sigh

Easy access to it.

[Newjelan]

Easy access to it.

Excellent point! A rarity for those of us downunder.

[Tinjapan]

Despite living along the same train line near which this shop is found, it is well over an hour distant and in a part of Tokyo I rarely frequent. You need not be in a different hemisphere to have difficulty getting it.

 

Kingdom Note, on the other hand is very near where I work and I often stop by as often as once a week.

[amberleadavis]

TinJapan, thank you for sharing these inks with us, we appreciate your efforts to share Japanese with those of us who might never have seen some of these great inks.