{"product_id":"nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-yuhobika-blue-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Nagasawa Kobe Ink Monogatari Yuhobika Blue - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Officially a calm blue with a slight greenish tint. On my swatches it reads as a deeper, more muted teal-blue than “slight greenish tint” suggests, and in wetter strokes and pooled areas the heavy burgundy sheen can take over much of the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate. The swab bar moves between lighter and deeper teal, though in heavier ink the sheen tends to take over before the shading does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e Heavy burgundy-red. It floods the pooled swabs, shows at the ends of the swab bar, and comes through in wetter written strokes. In finer, drier lines the teal dominates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e A special colour in Nagasawa’s Kobe INK Monogatari range, inspired by the historic coastal city of Akashi. “Yuhobika” is an archaic Japanese word for a relaxed, calm appearance. It was used to describe Akashi’s scenery in the Wakamurasaki chapter of The Tale of Genji. The box art is by Shin Tanaka, an Akashi-based painter who uses sand from the local sea as the base of his paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI’m a collector and I’m always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kobe \/ Nagasawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57410945220934,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Kobeyohubikablue3.jpg?v=1791752492","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-yuhobika-blue-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}