{"product_id":"taccia-ukiyo-e-utamaro-ume-murasaki","title":"TACCIA Ukiyo-e Utamaro Ume Murasaki — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sold as a plum purple. On my swatches it reads as a dusty old rose leaning towards brown-plum, noticeably less purple than the name suggests. In writing it goes down darker, closer to a muted burgundy-plum. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading: \u003c\/strong\u003eStrong. Clear light-to-dark variation in the swab and pooling at the ends of strokes in writing, with a darker halo around the edges. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. Where the ink pools very heavily, a dark olive-green edge forms at the rim. You won't see this from a pen line. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Part of Taccia's Ukiyo-e series, where each ink takes a colour from an Edo-period woodblock print. This one comes from the Utamaro set and is drawn from the clothing of Okita, a waitress at the Naniwaya teahouse near Asakusa, as painted by Kitagawa Utamaro. Ume murasaki means \"plum purple\" and is a traditional Japanese colour name. The label on the bottle reads 歌麿梅紫, Utamaro's plum purple. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TACCIA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266214764870,"sku":"INK-114","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Taccia-umemurasaki3.jpg?v=1789763604","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/taccia-ukiyo-e-utamaro-ume-murasaki","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}