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Shikou Makie-fude saibyou 5 (Ultra Fine Detail Brush, Maki-e, Kintsugi) / 子光絵筆筆細描 5

¥2,530($15.43) tax included

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**Applications:** Maki-e, Kintsugi
**Hair Material:** Muskrat Hair / Saikouhou Goat Hair
**Overall Length:** 223 mm
**Hair Length:** 15 mm (Ultra Fine Detail 5)
**Hair Diameter:** 0.7 mm
**Specification:** Not a Sazu-style brush

### Available Sizes

**Shikou Makie-fude saibyou 5**
Hair Diameter: 0.7 mm
Hair Length: 15 mm (5 bu)

**Shikou Makie-fude saibyou 7**
Hair Diameter: 0.7 mm
Hair Length: 21 mm (7 bu)

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## Maki-e Fine Detail Series

Choose from four distinct brush types, each offering a different painting feel to match your technique and application.
The Shikou Maki-e Brush was developed for drawing extremely fine, precise lines in Maki-e lacquer decoration, ceramic painting, and other detailed work.
Shikou is designed for artists who require stable, sharp, and controlled straight lines.

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## A Brush Tip Designed for Ultra-Fine Lines

The brush tip combines **Saikouhou**, one of the highest grades of goat hair known for its exceptionally fine natural tips and excellent point formation, with resilient **muskrat hair**.
Like the weasel hair used in the Roukou model, muskrat hair provides strong resilience. However, muskrat hair produces a firmer, more responsive tip and offers slightly less point cohesion and flexibility when following curved lines.
For this reason, the hairs are not simply blended at equal lengths. Instead, the internal hair lengths and blending ratio are carefully adjusted within the ferrule to optimize performance.
This construction preserves the strong resilience of muskrat hair while producing a sharp, stable brush tip capable of drawing consistent ultra-fine lines.
Compared with Roukou, Shikou offers slightly less freedom for expressive curves but provides excellent control for straight lines and bold, precise fine line work.
Because muskrat hair is generally more affordable than weasel hair, Shikou also offers an excellent balance between performance and value.

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## Two Hair Lengths for Different Applications

### Fine Detail 5 (15 mm Hair Length)
The shorter tip provides a firmer painting feel, making it ideal for short straight lines, intricate patterns, and highly controlled detail work.

### Fine Detail 7 (21 mm Hair Length)
Offers greater flexibility than Fine Detail 5, making it well suited for long straight lines and continuous line work.

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## Suitable for Many Types of Fine Detail Work

Although developed for Maki-e, this brush is also suitable for:
* Ceramic decoration
* Nihonga (Japanese painting)
* Watercolor painting
* Any application requiring extremely fine lines

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# About the Fine Detail Series
Every brush in the Fine Detail Series has the same **0.7 mm hair diameter**, while different hair combinations create distinct painting characteristics.
All models are designed for ultra-fine line work, but each offers a different balance of:
* Tip responsiveness
* Resilience
* Softness
* Flexibility
* Line control
Choose the model that best matches your preferred painting feel.

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## Roukou (Weasel Hair / Saikouhou Goat Hair)

The sharpest and most delicate model in the series.
Outstanding tip responsiveness allows effortless control of both straight and curved lines.
**Approximate Finest Line Width:** 0.05–0.15 mm

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## Shikou (Muskrat Hair / Saikouhou Goat Hair)

A firm, resilient model capable of producing crisp, powerful fine lines.
While slightly less suited to expressive curves than Roukou, it excels at stable straight-line work.
**Approximate Finest Line Width:** 0.10–0.20 mm

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## Kouyou (Saikouhou Goat Hair / Nylon)

A softer model than Roukou with increased flexibility.
Suitable for both straight and curved lines, offering a smooth, gentle painting feel that naturally follows the surface.
**Approximate Finest Line Width:** 0.15–0.25 mm

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## Kouma (Saikouhou Goat Hair / Horse Belly Hair / Nylon)

The softest and most flexible model in the series.
The brush tip gently spreads as it touches the surface, producing calm, smooth, controlled lines.
**Approximate Finest Line Width:** 0.20–0.30 mm

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*Line width will vary depending on the lacquer or paint used, viscosity, paint load, brush pressure, and painting surface. The values above indicate approximate minimum line widths under ideal conditions.*

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# About the Ultra Fine Series

The **Fine Detail Series** features a **0.7 mm hair diameter** and is specifically designed for producing the finest possible lines.
The **Ultra Fine Series**, by comparison, uses a **1.4 mm hair diameter**, providing greater paint-holding capacity.
This makes it suitable not only for delicate line work but also for applications requiring more paint, such as filling areas and Kintsugi.
Like the Fine Detail Series, the Ultra Fine Series is available in four different hair combinations, each offered in two hair lengths.

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