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Kurenai Jou
Pens Alley Takeuchi is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
Paper & pairing
Reds and pinks show the most dramatic shading of any color family: expect real variation between the edges and center of each letter. This ink will behave predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Cheap, highly absorbent paper (standard copier paper) will dull any ink's saturation and can cause feathering or bleed-through with wetter nibs.
About Pens Alley Takeuchi
Pen's Alley Takeuchi is a fountain pen, paper and stationery specialty store in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Takeuchi Co., Ltd. The shop is known among collectors for its shop-original inks and for hosting 'ink workshop' events where custom inks are blended to customers' preferences.
Storing and using the bottle
Bottled fountain pen ink has an effectively long shelf life when kept capped and out of direct sunlight: most inks remain usable for years. The main risk isn't the ink spoiling, it's a pen sitting inked and unused for weeks: that's what causes clogs, not the ink's age.
Frequently asked questions
Similar shades By colour distance
Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.