Rice Paper and Ink

Our Rice paper is "made by hand" in small quantities and completely acid free. Though known as "rice paper" most of the Chinese paper is actually made of bamboo pulp which is an essential ingredient in the creation of the magic of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy and ink painting.

Box of 50 sheets 9.5"x13"

Ink, much favored by Chinese calligraphers and painters, and also widely used by sumi-e artists in Japan, is the so called brown ink. Really it is black with brown tint and is very warm and lively. Brown ink is produced from the soot of rapeseed oil. The pigment particles are rather small and reflect a lot of light. Our black ink is made at the Shanghai ink factory. These words and the factory's fish trademark appear at the bottom of the stick. More about inks and calligraphy

Calligraphy Sets