Hachimonjiya Rime on Trees Amethyst 02+ - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Hachimonjiya Rime on Trees Amethyst 02+ - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Details
Hue: A bright lavender-violet. Officially a purple base. In my swatches it leans more blue-violet than the name suggests, especially where the ink pools, while the written line stays a softer lavender.
Shading: Strong. It moves from pale lilac to deep violet in the swab, with clear light-to-dark variation in handwriting.
Sheen: None in normal writing. The heaviest pools can show a faint dark cast at some angles.
Shimmer: Fine blue and silver shimmer that gives an icy, iridescent flash. It is visible in the written line as well as the swabs.
Flow: Medium
The interesting bit: Juhyo, or “rime on trees”, are the frost monsters of Mount Zao in Yamagata. They form when Siberian winds coat the trees in layers of ice and snow. On a few dawns each year the frozen forest glows purple, and that is the colour this ink captures. The 02+ is the shimmer version of Hachimonjiya’s original Rime on Trees Amethyst, made with Tono & Lims. The blue and silver particles stand in for the snow crystals catching the sunrise. Hachimonjiya itself is a Yamagata bookshop dating back to 1695.
This is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.
Photos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.
I’m a collector and I’m always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.
Postage
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Returns
Change your mind within 14 days and I'll refund you, including standard outbound postage. Return postage is yours unless something's wrong. Opened vials can only be refunded in part. Full details in my refund policy.
What you're getting
A 4ml vial, hand-decanted by me from my own bottle. Swatch photos are mine, on Tomoe River paper. Colours vary with paper, nib and screen, so treat them as a good guide rather than an exact match.