Small Vintage Shodo (Calligraphy) Set from Japan

This small shodo set (calligraphy set) is from Japan and used in the art of calligraphy. It contains an ink stone, an ink stick and a bamboo brush, and it all comes in a paper-wrapped box featuring cranes on the front. You add a little water to the ink stone, dip the ink stick into the water and then rub it on the ink stone, leaving a liquid ink ready to be picked up by the brush. Acquired this in Tokyo in 2005 and have never used it...like new. Measures 3" long x 1.75" wide.