
Tuketate-fude
Used for drawing things without pinting outlines. Tips are longer and widely used to draw thin lines and coloring. Also used for black-ink paint.
Products
Choryu
Typical Tuketate-fude is made by using white raccoon dog and goat hair. It is named from Kawai Gyokudo,a famous painter.
Gyokuran
A typical Tukitate-fude. It is said that the name of the brush originated from Gyokuran, the wife of Ikeno Taiga. It is also called Maruyama-fude in the Kansai area.
Josui
This brush is made from goat hair only (belly and tail). Though it is soft and difficult to controll, modulated lines are easilly drawn and it has good watercolors containment.
Kenyo
This brush is named "Kenyo" meaning to be used in variety for Tsuketate, Senbyo, and Saishiki.
Kaigi-fude
This brush is made from horse tail and raccoon hair (white) mixed with deer samber) hair, making it a brush with resiliency.
Sanba-fude
This brush is made by rare deer hair called samber, making it rough and coarse to the touch, but loved by painters. It is used for expression of gradiating and blurring.
TokuseiChoryu
This special Choryu-fude is made scrupulously by using carefully selected materials (Japanese white raccoon dog and premium goat hair) .
YumoChoryu
This brush is carefully made using exceptionally selected, lavish weasel hair.