Taccia have a series of inks based on Japanese Ukiyo-e artists and selections of their works. The first two series are based on four works from Hukusai Katsushika which are predominantly landscape works and the other series is on four works from Sharaku Tōshūsai which are portrait works. The inks take inspiration from specific colours in each of the works.
Taccia has now released two more sets and the themes are the same, but the muse is different. The new eight-ink set can be split into the landscape works of Hiroshige (this review) and the portrait works of Kitagawa Utamaro (coming soon).
Thanks to Desk Bandit for generously providing samples of 16 of these inks.
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