Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pens - Vivid Japanese Traditional Colors (15 Colors)
This set features 15 vivid brush pens inspired by some of the most striking hues in Japan’s traditional color palette. From vibrant reds and yellows to rich blues and greens, each color reflects the expressive beauty of Japanese aesthetics in their boldest form.
Filled with water-soluble pigment ink, these brush pens are perfect for both calligraphy and illustration. You can easily create soft gradients and layered effects by blending with the included water brush—ideal for dynamic, watercolor-style expression.
Handcrafted in Japan by brush makers with over 300 years of heritage, each pen offers both precision and a fluid, painterly feel. Housed in a case adorned with a beautifully illustrated bird, this set captures the brightness and charm of traditional Japanese colors at their most vivid.
Whether you're painting florals, landscapes, or lettering, this set brings bold inspiration to your creative moments.
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.
Original: $31.00
-65%$31.00
$10.85
Description
This set features 15 vivid brush pens inspired by some of the most striking hues in Japan’s traditional color palette. From vibrant reds and yellows to rich blues and greens, each color reflects the expressive beauty of Japanese aesthetics in their boldest form.
Filled with water-soluble pigment ink, these brush pens are perfect for both calligraphy and illustration. You can easily create soft gradients and layered effects by blending with the included water brush—ideal for dynamic, watercolor-style expression.
Handcrafted in Japan by brush makers with over 300 years of heritage, each pen offers both precision and a fluid, painterly feel. Housed in a case adorned with a beautifully illustrated bird, this set captures the brightness and charm of traditional Japanese colors at their most vivid.
Whether you're painting florals, landscapes, or lettering, this set brings bold inspiration to your creative moments.
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.
