Nagasawa Kobe Ink Monogatari 150 Purple Sepia - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Nagasawa Kobe Ink Monogatari 150 Purple Sepia - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Details
Hue: Officially a purple sepia. On my swatches the written line reads as a dark sepia-brown with a purple undertone. The purple shows more clearly in wider strokes and at the edges of pooled ink, where the ink splits into a warm orange-brown with plum-purple edges.
Shading: Moderate in normal writing, stronger in wide strokes. The pooled swabs show heavy shading and clear chromatic separation into brown and purple.
Sheen: Faint, only in heavy pools.
Shimmer: None.
Flow: Medium.
The interesting bit: This ink was made in 2024 for JR West’s project marking 150 years since the Kobe to Osaka railway opened in 1874. The purple sepia is meant to evoke the retro-modern feel of Kobe Station, whose 1930 building is still in use, and the 117 series “City Liner” Special Rapid train. The box shows the train’s blueprints and photos of the first two station buildings. “Monogatari” means “story”. Nagasawa began the Kobe INK Monogatari range in 2007 to capture Kobe in colour after the 1995 earthquake.
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
Royal Mail or Evri, your choice at checkout, from £1.90. Free over £20. Dispatched within 2 working days. UK only for now.
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.