beloved

bengara bought in kanazawa in 2018.the kind man from the hotel located a store which sold bengara and other pigments for treating their wooden walls.there's a whole neighborhood painted 

in bengara.that was a good trip, not many tourists yet and had the onsen experience in kaga onsen near kanazawa.

pardon the digression. 

also bought 2 small jars of powdered kakishibu.

 

i am practicing using bengara for backgrounds for sumi-e. after i gain confidence i'll start using the suiboku  paints from japan.

neki desu