Books and Publications

[Taki]

Books

 

(Check with specialist Japanese bookstores like Kinokuniya, Asahiya, YesAsia or Amazon Japan in your search for the following books.)

• FURUYAMA, Koichi. Masters of the Fountain Pens of Japan. EI Publishing Company Ltd. 2006. 367p. Japanese. ISBN 477790508X.
• LAMBROU, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World. 1995. English. ISBN 0302006680.
• LYN, Bernard. Maki-e, an Art for the Soul (The Danitrio Maki-e Collection). Dani International Corp. 2003. 255p. English. ISBN 9579403074.
• MURAKAMI, Tomihiro. Dunhill-Namiki and Lacquer Pens. 2002. (2nd Edition) / 1st Edition: Shibunsha. 2000. English. Out of print.
• NAKAZONO, Hiroshi. The Fountain Pens of the World. 1985, 2001. 190p. Japanese. ISBN 4062020874 / 4898061397.
• OVERBURY, Stephen and Julia Hutt. Namiki: The Art of Japanese Pens. 2000. 160p. English. ISBN 0968643507.
• SUNAMI, Masamichi and FURUYAMA Koichi. The Fountain Pen Chronicle (Fountain Pen's History Writing Materials Archives). EI Publishing Company Ltd. 2007. 384p. Japanese. ISBN 9784777908134.
• SUNAMI, Masamichi. The 101 Pen's Collection of M. Sunami. Hankyu Communications Ltd. 2006. 214p. Japanese. ISBN 4484062216.
• CANTON, Jean-François. Namiki - The poignant beauty of fragile things. Jean-François Canton, 2013. 304p. English and French editions. ISBN 9782746651180.
• GEROSA, Alberto. Maki-e, a story waiting to be written. A journey through the world of lacquered fountain pens. O.P.S., 2012. 199p. Italian and English editions. ISBN 9788890101281
• LAMBROU, Andreas and Sunami, Masamichi. Fountain Pens of Japan. Andreas Lambrou Publishers Ltd, 2012. 448p. English. ISBN 9780957172388
• LARQUEMIN, Christophe. The Four Seasons of Namiki. Velvet, 2009. 207p. English and French editions. ISBN 9782746604902

Mooks

 

(Mooks are large size magazine books sold in Japan.)

• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 1, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2004, ISBN 4777901599. (Focus is on modern pens of the world with strong emphasis on Japanese pens.)
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 2, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2004, ISBN 4777902226.
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 3, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2005, ISBN 4777903265.
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 4, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2005, ISBN 4777904318.
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 5, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2006, ISBN 4777904997.
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 6, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2006, ISBN 4777906671.
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 7, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2007, ISBN 4777907496.
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 8, EI Publishing Co., Ltd, 2007, ISBN 4777908496.
• Shumi no Bungubako, Vol. 9, EI Publishing Co., Ltd. 2007, ISBN 4777909094.
• Japanese Fountain Pen Catalogue, Rikuyosha Co., Ltd. 2004, ISBN 4897375053. (Catalogue of pens made in Japan. Excellent sections on custom pens and pens designed by Mr. Nagahara.)
• Pen & Letter: Fountain Pen Style (W512), World Photo Press, 2005, ISBN 484652512. (Modern pens of the world with sections on Japanese pens.)
• Pen & Letter: Fountain Pen Style 2 (W567), World Photo Press, 2006, ISBN 4864525678.
• Pen & Letter: Fountain Pen Style 3 (W629), World Photo Press, 2007, ISBN 4864526291.

Periodicals

• Stan Klemanowicz, "Collecting Japanese Pens" The Pennant, Winter 2006

On-Line Publications

• Interview with Nobuyoshi Nagahara. "The God of Fountain Pens", PingMag MAKE, Janaury 15, 2008.

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