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Product name: Neostandard Arai-shu（洗い朱）　[no.05009]
Price: US$700
Total weight: 24.0g
Body weight: 14.0g
Total length: 150.0mm
Barrel length: 135.0mm
Max diameter: 15.0mm
Barrel material: Ebonite
Description: It is best for the daily usage, and has a balance between portability and writing comfort. This model is designed as a shorter version of desk pen and uses single thread screw just the same as desk pen.

The color "Arai-shu" is a different kind and quaint brighter vermilion from "Shu (vermilion)". "Arai-shu" means a light vermilion color because the color becomes lighter after washing the dyed cloth. The color can be said close to orange red. The color range is wide, from a vermilion like reddish color to a salmon pink kind of color are called "Arai-shu".
It is one of the colors that became popular in the late Edo period with the revival of Yamato-e.

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