By slightly putting the weight on the muddiness with regard to the harmony of clarity and muddiness, the color is its thickness. By taking the harmony of the core and bleeding, it is finished as an elegant color with an astringency overall. For the thick ink stick, it has a moderate three-dimensionality and warmth. It is bluish purple-type black with a shade of red purple in a soft manner. For the thick ink stick, the moderate muddiness is the thickness and strength of the color. It is a refined red purple-type black where the depth of the absorbability can be felt. It can be used for hanging scrolls in kanji, small number of characters, and kana. Thick to extra light ink sticks can be used. As it gets older, we believe the ink stick calms in color, and its three-dimensionality, sharpness, personality, and features grow stronger. Manufactured in 1995