和紙

WASHI SŌKEN

手漉き和紙ノート 創業 一九二三年
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Notebook cover — unbleached kozo
No. 01 — Cover

The First
Impression

越前和紙

Unbleached kozo paper, sun-dried on cedar boards at the Yoshida Mill in Echizen. Each cover bears the natural undulation of the drying process — no two are identical.

Coptic binding spine detail
No. 02 — Binding

Coptic
Stitch

手製本

Hand-stitched with unbleached linen thread using the ancient Coptic method. The spine lies completely flat when open — every page, an invitation.

Interior washi paper spread
No. 03 — Interior

Inside
Spread

楮和紙

96 leaves of 45gsm washi — translucent as morning light, strong as tradition. The tooth of the surface holds ink, pencil, and watercolor with equal grace.

Kozo washi fiber texture
No. 04 — Specifications

Crafted
Details

仕様
SizeA5 — 148 × 210 mm
Pages192 pages, 45 gsm
BindingExposed Coptic
OriginEchizen, Fukui Prefecture
Okamoto River valley and the Yoshida Paper Mill
Since 1923

The Mill at
Echizen

Nestled in the Okamoto River valley, the Yoshida Mill has been crafting kozo washi using unchanged methods since 1923. The icy mountain water — rich in minerals, free of impurities — is what gives Sōken paper its singular character.

Each morning, the fourth-generation master Yoshida Takeru wades into the stream to assess the water. Only on approved days does production begin. This is not inefficiency — it is respect.

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Daily
Rituals

Before the world wakes, a conversation with yourself. The 45gsm washi absorbs fountain pen ink without bleed or feather, holding your words with the same patience as the paper-maker who formed the sheet. Begin each morning in the quiet of an empty page.

Open journal, morning window light

Every departure deserves a witness. Let the pages carry what memory cannot. The compact A5 format fits a coat pocket; the Coptic binding opens completely flat — café table, train window sill, stone wall. The cover weathers beautifully.

Notebook open on a travel surface

The washi tooth holds every pencil grade, every wash of ink. Water-based media spreads with a softness impossible on Western paper — the kozo fibers accept moisture slowly, giving watercolor washes an unmistakable luminous quality.

Ink marks on washi page
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