Flowers have always been a popular poetic subject dating back to ancient Japanese history. What better theme for Sailors next bottle ink, aptly named: the Sailor Manyo Ink Series.

50ml bottled ink

The flower Kerria Japonica, also known as Yamabuki in Japan, inspires this color with it’s bright, golden yellow leaves.

The Sailor Manyo series is based off of the Man’ysh, a Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves. It is the oldest and one of the most revered collections of classical Japanese poems ever compiled. A great number of the poems mention various beautiful flowers from Japan.