Kobaien inksticks

Kobaien Inksticks

Kobaien has over 200 varieties of sumi inks. These are some of them.

KOUKABOKU ( 紅花墨 )

Koukaboku is one of the best inks born from the study by Matsui,Motoyasu, the sixth successor of Kobaien in the 18th century.

SHITSUBOKU ( 漆墨 )

Those inks are made from the finest quality rapeseed oil smoke, and are produced by Kobaien craftsmen following the house’s secret process.

KOBOKU ( 古墨 )

Koboku ( 古墨 ) is a name of an ink that was produced in the past. There are very few of them nowadays.

BOKUFU ( 墨譜 )

During the years 1993 to 2012, Kobaien made each year’s memorable set of inksticks and named it “Bokufu ( 墨譜, “Inkstick year book )”.

GOKUJO YUENBOKU KINMAKI

GOKUJO YUENBOKU KINMAKI( 極上油煙墨・金巻 )
This is the most suitable ink for painting. The main ingredient is rapeseed oil.

SHOUENBOKU ( 松煙墨 )

This ink is also made from pine trees as raw material. It has a bright black color when painting dark blacks and a gentle, faint blue color when painting light blacks that look very mysterious.

SEIBOKU ( 青墨 )

Seiboku is made from Kobaien’s finest oil smoke most suitable for blue ink. Genuine indigo is used to produce a brilliant blue color.