Karabake is a brush which is always used dry to blur the paint in Japanese paintings. The width varies in the range of 1 sun (approx. 3cm) to 5 sun (approx. 15cm) and the bristles are made of the coarse, strong deer hair. The handle is finished en

A renpitsu is a brush made by joining together several quality saishikifude (coloring brush) in a row to form a single brush resembling a hake. It is used to apply a soft wash over a wide area, add water and color to a painting, and create a blurred

Ebake is a brush used in Japanese paintings (nihonga) to ground or paint large areas in lines of a uniform width with sumi ink or nihonga paint. The width of commonly used ebake is between 1 sun (approx. 3cm) and 5 sun (approx. 15cm) available in

A dosa sizing brush is a brush that is used to apply dosa (sizing) when preparing for and working on a Japanese painting. It is mainly used for sizing washi and silk canvas so that the ink does not run, and for gilding with gold or silver leaf. Th

The mizubake (Japanese water brush) is a Japanese brush made for painting water onto large surfaces, different from brushes that use paint. The mizubake is chiefly used in stretching, in water-based paintings (watercolors and Japanese paintings), and