Iroshizuku murasaki shikibu series#

As it is, this is probably my least favorite Iroshizuku ink to date. If the ink on the page looked more like the ink in the bottle, I suspect I’d like this ink quite a bit.

Iroshizuku murasaki shikibu series#

The series started in 2007, with 24 colors in total. Murasaki-shikibu loosely translates from Japanese to Japanese Beautyberry. There’s just something about the rather lackluster appearance of the ink on the paper that doesn’t do it for me. Pilot Iroshizuku series is inspired by the natural scenery in Japan. A 50ml bottle of Murasaki-shikibu fountain pen ink. The color is a bit different than anything I’ve seen before, and the behavior is decent on good paper.

Overall, I found myself somewhat disappointed in this ink. It does, however, improve on the dry times. On Rhodia and Tomoe River the ink is well-enough behaved, but on standard multi-purpose copy paper, it starts to feather quite a bit, and bleeding becomes significantly more pronounced. When it’s not sheening on an extremely wet pen, the ink is strangely spotty and rather matte in appearance. I am a sucker for sheen, and this ink does display a hint of a gold sheen, but only on Rhodia and Tomoe River papers, and only on EXTREMELY wet pens. It bleeds more than any other Iro ink I’ve ever used, it is lacking is much sheen or shading, and it’s a little unsaturated for my tastes.

While Murasaki-Shikibu behaves just as wonderfully as other Iroshizuku inks, I find the color of this ink to be relatively lackluster. All of the inks I have tried have been wonderfully-writing inks, with unique colors, excellent flow and lubrication, easy to clean, and overall, just enjoyable to use.