Woodblock print artist from the 1700s Kitagawa Utamoro had many muses, one of whom was Okita, a waitress from the Naniwaya Teahouse near the Asakusa Temple in Edo (now known as Tokyo. She was famous for her beauty, and many travelers dropped by the teahouse just to see her.
Kitagawa Utamoro’s piece inspired the Namiki Nippon Art Ukiyo-e Okita Naniwaya fountain pen, the design of which was rendered by the art collective Kokkosai using Hira Maki-e. We have for sale a brand-new unit with a 14-karat gold nib in M. It comes complete with its box, papers, and other inclusions.
