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However the pen, which contained its own reservoir of ink, was gradually adopted, replacing the brush as the first treasure and handily freeing up the next two, namely the inkstick and inkstone.

The Way of the Exploding Pen » Japundit Blog 2005

The Four Treasures of Fudebakudo were originally the same as the Four Treasures of the Chinese scholar — the brush, the inkstick, the inkstone, and the paper.

The Way of the Exploding Pen » Japundit Blog 2005

For that amount of time, the sons had been inkstick makers who sold their goods to travelers.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

Each day, she went to her desk and spent fifteen minutes grinding her inkstick.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

But when you push an inkstick along an inkstone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

She ground an inkstick onto an inkstone and used a medicine dropper to add salt water in doses the size of tears.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

She sat at her table, grinding the inkstick into the inkstone, thinking what, I could not guess.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

He held up an inkstick and rotated it in the light.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

Kimi chewed on the end of the inkstick she was using to make notes.

Villains by Necessity Forward, Eve 1995