GENROKU Shogun Fountain Pen (Lacewood)
The Genroku Shogun (Lacewood) is made with high quality lacewood with a characteristic mottled pattern. Each pen is made to accentuate the unique grain of the wood used, and no two are the same. Treated with a polyurethane finish and buffed to a pristine gloss, this pen elevates any workspace, and the finely crafted Medium nib puts down a robust line with little pressure. Produced in a limited run of 100, each pen is engraved with its unique production number.
Price: 71,500 yen
Product: Fountain Pen
Material: Lacewood
Nib: 18k gold, M
Converter: Included
The Genroku Shogun was designed in honor of the fifth Tokugawa Shogun, Tsunayoshi, who governed the Tatebayashi Domain. He is known for putting an end to the violent years of Japan’s middle ages and ushering in the early Edo culture of Genroku (1688-1704) that produced the likes of haiku poet Matsuo Basho, dramatist Chikamatsu Monzaemon and novelist Ihara Saikaku.
Shōgun (Image)
元禄将軍 “GENROKU Shogun” means Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was born on February 23, 1646 in Edo. He was the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu. He became the first lord of the Tatebayashi domain.1680, He was installed as the fifth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate.
He is also known as the “Dog Shogun” for his enactment of the Animal Protection Law.