{"product_id":"sailor-jentle-four-seasons-shigure-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Sailor Jentle Four Seasons Shigure - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A purple sitting between blue and red. Sold and reviewed as a dark purple. On my swatches the thin dip-pen line reads as a medium, fairly clear violet, lighter than \"dark\" suggests. Heavier lines and handwriting go deeper, towards plum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minimal. Colour is mostly even in normal writing. Variation mainly shows where the ink pools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eHeavy bronze-brown sheen where the ink pools. It also shows at the edges of wetter handwriting on Tomoe River. In the heaviest swab it covers most of the purple.\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\u003e Wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit: \u003c\/strong\u003eShigure (時雨) is the Japanese word for the brief, unpredictable showers of late autumn and early winter, when rain comes and goes between spells of clear sky. It is a classic seasonal word in haiku, and the anniversary of Bashō's death is known as Shigure-ki. This ink comes from the original 50ml Jentle Four Seasons bottle. The same colour is now sold in Sailor's 20ml Shikiori range.\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":"Sailor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57410022572358,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/SailorJentleFourSeasonsShigure3.jpg?v=1789849586","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/sailor-jentle-four-seasons-shigure-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}