Tag: Kihitsu
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Hi Everyone, In the previous newsletter, I wrote about saikoho goat hair of Kihitsu. Kihitsu is a group company which sells Koyudo-made brushes. Kihitsu maintains its own inventory, and develops a difference channel from that of Koyudo. For instance,Kihitsu has been selling brushes as gifts at wedding ceremonies.Kihitsu also sells brushes at a sightseeing place. Miyajima, which has…
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Hi Everyone, Kihitsu started as a sale division or company owned by Koyudo. Koyudo makes all of Kihitsu brushes and Kihitsu sells those brushes under the Kihitsu brand. (喜筆). Kihitsu was selling fu-pa and BP series which were the same as Koyudo but not the entire products. Now Kihitsu is only selling the inventory left. Therefore, the…
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(the picture above is that of Kihitsu square set with goat hair) Hi Everyone, I read an article that Kolinsky hair is in short for calligraphy brushes. It is mostly imported from China, but due to the COVID , it gets less and less. The article was written about calligraphy brushes, but it may apply…
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Hi Everyone, I sold the first Kihitsu Square set. It is 30,000 yen. https://store.fudejapan.com/products/kihitsu-square-brush-set?_pos=1&_psq=square&_ss=e&_v=1.0 I also found that Kihitsu has its own youtube channel, where the Square Brush is introduced. Traditional Kumano brush companies begin to use SNS! Or, if they don’t change and only keep doing the same, they cannot catch up with the…
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#echizen grey squirrel Engraving free 20000yen (the picture is grey squirrel brush with Echizen lacquerware – 20,000 yen) Hi Everyone, I was informed thatKZ-04KZ-07 were currently out of stock, and that they would be back late in January. The Silver fox of Kihtisu price is still not known, but Kihitsu told me thatit should be…
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#kihitsu silver Fox Hi Everyone、 It is the end of December. First, Kumano brush companies will be on holidays next week till January 4. And due to the COVID-19, the Government of Japan stopped tourists from foreign countries.Yet, still no sign of ‘lockdown’ and I see people walking around as usual. Today, I want to…
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Hi Everyone, I received interesting feedback to my blog from my clients yesterday.I wrote about people sitting next to me at cafe. I like people watching, especially over coffee. ( I guess my concentration is low.) I love doing so overseas, as everything is new and people behave differently. I spent six months as an…
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Hi Everyone, I chatted with Chikuhodo.They will have limited sets in mid November. They don’t call them Christmas sets or Noel, rather ‘limited.’So they can continue to sell those limited sets as long as they are in stock. This is Evergreen set of Hakuhodo. I will keep you updated. Speaking of limited, I have recently…
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Hi Everyone, Yesterday, I wrote about my first year experience at Canon.I received several feedback, thank you. I have worked for several companies since I left Canon.People say that Japanese are hard-working,but I found that those expats in Tokyo work very hard from my experiences.Americans, Hongkongers, Australians, British, Irish, Dutch… that I worked with. Anyway,…
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Hi Everyone, I went to a book last night after I ate a ‘hot cake’ in a family restaurant. It is called Royal Host, which has big space to work in. Coffee was not good, the hot cake is good) It has been long since I visited a bookstore last time. I found many books…
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Hi Everyone, In this today’s blog, I want to inform you that the annual Fude Matsuri( Festival) will be held in Kumano next week. There will be some events at the usual site, but brush sale will be done on the web due to the current situation. https://kumanofude-v-fudematsuri.com/#hudenoichi I talked to Kihitsu on how it…
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Hi Everyone, I sometimes receive questions about Kihitsu who they are, from time to time. I want to explain what I know. Kihitsu has been a sales company for Koyudo since 2004. The president is Nakashima san. Koyudo was born in 1979, according to the company web page. The chairman is Uematsu-san. Kihitsu doesn’t make…
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Hi Everyone, I received an order for Kihitsu BP series: BP039 Tamage -2000 yen BP017 Pine Squirrel – 5940 yen Those are made by Koyudo for Kihitsu, which sells them as its own brand. As you might know, Kihitsu has been a sales company of Koyudo so all the Kihitsu brushes are made by Koyudo.…
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Hi Everyone, In July, people complained there was too much rain, now no rain at all in August…. Yesterday, I posted a picture of Body Pierces. It is not my main product but I buy products based on my clients’ requests. I will try to get products you like, though Kumano brushes and department items…
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Hi Everyone, It is raining again in Tokyo. Looks like it is every day. Today I want to introduce a product from Bunshindo. It is Kolinsky, from 30 years ago. They use Kolinsky and Saibikoho mainly for calligraphy and painting brushes. (Koyomo has goat hair of 30 years ago too) Bunshindo is located in Kawajiri,…
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Hi Everyone, I was chatting with one of the brush manufacturers from Kumano the other day. He talked about a buyer for a big department store. How she perceives the makeup brush market. The buyer said to him, ‘ many makeups products come with brushes. And most users in Japan are ok with brushes that…
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