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Shikou Makie-fude gokuboso 4 (Fine Detail Brush, Maki-e, Kintsugi) / 子光蒔絵筆極細 4

¥2,750($16.78) tax included

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**Applications:** Maki-e, Kintsugi
**Hair Material:** Muskrat Hair / Saikouhou Goat Hair
**Overall Length:** 215 mm
**Hair Length:** 12 mm (Fine Detail 4)
**Hair Diameter:** 1.4 mm
**Specification:** Not a Sazu-style brush

### Available Sizes

**Shikou Makie-fude gokuboso 4**
Hair Diameter: 1.4 mm
Hair Length: 12 mm (4 bu)

**Shikou Makie-fude gokuboso 6**
Hair Diameter: 1.4 mm
Hair Length: 18 mm (6 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 Makie-fude gokuboso was developed for artists who require firm brush control for producing crisp, stable fine lines while also handling delicate filling work in Maki-e, ceramic decoration, Kintsugi, and other detailed applications.

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## A Brush Tip Designed for Fine Lines and Paint Capacity

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 weasel hair, muskrat hair provides strong resilience. However, because its tip response is even stronger, using only hairs of the same length would make the brush tip excessively stiff.

For this reason, the internal hair lengths and blending ratio are carefully adjusted rather than simply mixing the two materials at equal lengths.

Compared with the Ultra Fine Detail Series, the hair diameter has been increased to **1.4 mm**, allowing the brush to hold a greater amount of lacquer or paint.

Although Shikou is slightly less suited to expressive curves than Roukou, it excels at producing stable straight lines and bold, controlled fine line work.

Because muskrat hair is generally more affordable than weasel hair, Shikou offers an excellent balance between performance and value.

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## Two Hair Lengths for Different Applications

### Fine Detail 4 (12 mm Hair Length)

The shorter tip emphasizes firmness and precise control, making it ideal for detailed filling work, Kintsugi, and placing lacquer or paint exactly where needed.

### Fine Detail 6 (18 mm Hair Length)

Offers greater flexibility than Fine Detail 4 while maintaining Shikou's characteristic firmness, making it well suited for stable fine lines and moderately long strokes.

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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
* Kintsugi
* Nihonga (Japanese painting)
* Watercolor painting
* Any application requiring fine lines together with controlled paint application

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# About the Fine Detail Series

Every brush in the Fine Detail Series has a **1.4 mm hair diameter**, allowing both delicate line work and controlled paint application.

Compared with the Ultra Fine Detail Series (0.7 mm hair diameter), these brushes contain more hair and therefore hold a greater amount of lacquer or paint.

While maintaining excellent fine-line performance, they are also well suited for placing lacquer or paint into small areas, making them useful for Maki-e, Nihonga, ceramic decoration, Kintsugi, and many other detailed techniques.

Each model uses a different hair combination to create its own 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 responsive model in the series.

Outstanding tip control allows effortless handling of both straight and curved lines.

**Approximate Finest Line Width:** 0.10–0.20 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:** 0.15–0.25 mm

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## Kouyou (Saikouhou Goat Hair / Nylon)

A softer model with increased flexibility.

Suitable for both straight and curved lines while offering a gentle painting feel that naturally follows the surface.

**Approximate Finest Line Width:** 0.20–0.30 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, controlled lines.

**Approximate Finest Line Width:** 0.25–0.35 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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# Difference from the Ultra Fine Detail Series

The **Fine Detail Series** features a **1.4 mm hair diameter**, allowing the brush to hold more lacquer or paint for delicate filling work as well as fine line drawing.

The **Ultra Fine Detail Series**, by contrast, uses a **0.7 mm hair diameter** and is specifically designed for producing the finest possible lines.

Each Ultra Fine model has a hair length approximately **3 mm longer** than its Fine Detail counterpart. Combined with the smaller hair diameter, this creates an exceptionally delicate brush tip capable of producing even finer, lighter lines.

Like the Fine Detail Series, the Ultra Fine Detail Series is available in four different hair combinations.

**Approximate Finest Line Widths – Ultra Fine Detail Series**

* Roukou: 0.05–0.15 mm
* Shikou: 0.10–0.20 mm
* Kouyou: 0.15–0.25 mm
* Kouma: 0.20–0.30 mm

If your highest priority is producing the finest possible lines, choose the **Ultra Fine Detail Series**.

If you also require greater paint capacity for filling work and Kintsugi, the **Fine Detail Series** is the better choice.

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