inkstone

• “I work with an ink brush, ink, a special type of paper, and an inkstone.”

  Simon & Schuster: Family Storms

• “Variations on this technique produce monochromatic reliefs — witness a stunning Japanese inkstone box in which all layers are either red or black — as well as luxurious pieces such as a pair of 15th-century Chinese book covers.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Bright and Shiny Things

• “What a strange, demented feeling it gives me when I realize I have spent whole days before this inkstone, with nothing better to do, jotting down at random whatever nonsensical thoughts have entered my head.”

  Archive 2006-09-01

• “His disciple answered, Through my miserable clumsiness I dropped the holder of your inkstone and broke it.”

  Simon & Schuster: Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends

• “When I go there, I carry several candles, a pack of cigarettes, a sheaf of paper, a brush, dry ink, an inkstone and some water.”

  notes from the peanut gallery

• “However the pen, which contained its own reservoir of ink, was gradually adopted, replacing the brush as the first treasure and handily freeing up the next two, namely the inkstick and inkstone.”

  The Way of the Exploding Pen » Japundit Blog

• “The Four Treasures of Fudebakudo were originally the same as the Four Treasures of the Chinese scholar — the brush, the inkstick, the inkstone, and the paper.”

  The Way of the Exploding Pen » Japundit Blog

• “The creature rubbed the ink with water on the inkstone, unrolled four rolls of paper, five feet long, and inscribed them with Chinese characters, nine inches long, of the most complicated kind, with firm and graceful curves of his brush, and with the ease and certainty of Giotto in turning his O.”

  Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

• “He wet a red inkstone and made a practice impression.”

  December 6

• “I had admired that inkstone since the days when I first came to the school as his helper.”

  The Bonesetter's Daughter

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