Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pens - Japanese Traditional Colors: Modern Calligraphy (15 Colors)
Discover the elegance of Japanese traditional colors curated especially for modern calligraphy. This 15-color brush pen set from Akashiya Sai features rich and expressive shades selected to suit the flowing, graceful style of brush lettering and creative writing.
Each pen is filled with vibrant, water-based dye ink that captures the beauty of traditional hues, while offering smooth, consistent flow ideal for both bold strokes and delicate details. The flexible brush tips mimic the feel of authentic Japanese fude brushes, providing exceptional control and expression.
This set also includes a refillable water brush and an ultra-fine brush pen, giving you the versatility to blend colors, add soft gradients, or enhance your writing with refined accents—all without the need for separate paint or water containers.
Perfect for beginners and experienced calligraphers alike, this thoughtfully assembled set invites you to explore the harmony of Japanese tradition and contemporary art in your own lettering journey.
Explore our Japanese brush pens, a harmonious blend of tradition and ease.
Details
- Quantity in Pack: 15
- Length (Pen): 6.7" L × 0.35" D (17 cm × 0.9 cm)
- Weight (Pen): 0.3 oz (9 g)
- Tip Length: 0.4" (0.9 cm)
- Tip Type: Brush
- Ink Type: Water-based dye ink
- Refillable: No (disposable type)
- Brand: Akashiya
The Story of Akashiya
Akashiya was founded in 1716 in Nara, the city where Japanese brushmaking has been practiced for over a thousand years and which remains the country's main center for handmade fude (writing brushes). The workshop spent its first two centuries making traditional calligraphy and painting brushes (bristle bundled, glued, and shaped by a single artisan from start to finish), and that one-brush-one-maker discipline is still the standard for every piece in the line today.
Over the past century Akashiya has extended that craft into adjacent territory: the Sai brush pen series, fountain-pen-style brush pens with their own ink reservoirs, watercolor brush pens in traditional Japanese color sets, sumi-e and nihonga brushes for fine detail and broad strokes, and even makeup brushes. The common thread across all of them is the way the tip holds and releases ink, which is the part of brushmaking that takes the longest to learn and is hardest to mechanize.
What you are holding is a small piece of a 300-year continuous practice, made in the place where Japan's brush tradition began.
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