Water dropper

Ink consists of a mixture of oil and charcoal compressed into a small stick and then dried. For writing with this, the dried ink first has to be rubbed to a fine powder on an ink stone, and then diluted with water from the water dropper. The more water used, the greyer the ink produced.

Water dropper

Ink consists of a mixture of oil and charcoal compressed into a small stick and then dried. For writing with this, the dried ink first has to be rubbed to a fine powder on an ink stone, and then diluted with water from the water dropper. The more water used, the greyer the ink produced.