yatate
ElegantMedia [[drawing]] http://www.stutler.cc/pens/yatate/index.html A yatate (pronounced yah-tah-teh) . . . is a Japanese portable writing set. The yatate has been around since the Kamakura period (1185-1333). . . . with cotton or silk which holds liquid sumi ink. Yatate literally means "arrow stand." The Japanese . . . and ink (sumi). Before the invention of the yatate, whenever anyone wanted to write or draw in . . . arrows. This grinding stone became known as the "yatate no suzuri" (arrow stand's grinding stone). Eventually . . .
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