Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi is a pale lilac purple fountain pen ink that shades to green and blue. It dries in 30 seconds in a medium nib on Rhodia and has a wet flow. Made in Japan, it comes in a square 50ml bottle.
The Man'yōshū is a collection of Japanese poems which features approximately 4,000 entries collected over 400 years--1,500 of those relate to plants and flowers. Also known as the Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, the anthology is one of Japan's most revered poetic compilations and mentions more than 150 species of plants. The Manyo line of inks from Sailor pays homage to various plants and flowers that have been mentioned.
Salix gracilistyla is a species of willow native to Japan, Korea and China known in English as rose-gold pussy willow.
Brand
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Sailor
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Ink Name
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Nekoyanagi |
Country of Origin
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Japan
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Color
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Purple
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Dry Time
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30 Seconds (Pilot Vanishing Point Medium Nib on Rhodia Paper)
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Flow
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Wet
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Shading
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High: shades blue and green
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Sheen
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No
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Shimmer
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No
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Limited Edition
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No |
Water Resistance
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Medium |
Iron Gall | No |