Japanese stationery

Japanese stationery company

is a privately held Japanese manufacturing company of stationery products. The company name was derived from the trademark used for one of their first widely known products, a portmanteau of the English words painting and pastel, but has since been interpreted as a combination of the words pen and tell (as in telling a story). Pentel is also the inventor of non-permanent marker technology. Most Pentel products are manufactured in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, and France.

paper used for handwriting, printed with squares, typically 200 or 400 per sheet, each square designed to accommodate a single character or punctuation mark, used in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

thumb|A larger Edo period suzuri-bako depicting eight bridges and iris, lacquerware and mother-of-pearl, attributed to [[Ogata Kōrin (National Treasure)]] thumb|Open box with writing implements inside such as brushes, inkstone, water container, and knife

is a Japanese brand of refillable alcohol markers and related products made by the Too Corporation. They are available in 358 colours with various nib shapes. The refillable ink comes in bottles of 12 ml and 32 ml, and can be used like regular bottled inks. The company also sells empty markers, which can be used to combine inks to create custom colours. The brand is distributed in the United States and Canada by its subsidiary, Too Corporation Americas.

(stylized as uniball) and are brands of pens and pencils, made by the of Japan. The brand was introduced in 1979 as a rollerball pen model, then expanding to the rest of Mitsubishi Pencil products.

Japanese pen manufacturer

is a private Japanese manufacturing company of stationery products. The company was founded in 1913 as Messrs "Tombow" and has since grown into an international business. Based in Tokyo with 397 employees.

is a Japanese manufacturing company of writing implements. The company was established in 1919 as a manufacturer of dyes and ink. In 1949, the company became a pen manufacturer after they manufactured the world's first ball point pen with a chrome ball. This was also Japan's first ballpoint pen.

thumb|Itoya store in Ginza, Tokyo Itoya (Japanese: 伊東屋; stylized as ITO-YA) is a Japanese stationery brand founded in 1904 (Meiji 37) in Ginza, Tokyo. thumb|Itoya in early years Its original location was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. ==Topdrawer== Its American subsidiary, ITOYA of America, Ltd., was established in 1976. Itoya operates another subsidiary company called Topdrawer, headquartered in Boston. Topdrawer has retail stores in Japan and 18 locations in the US. Its US locations include Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Topdrawer is managed by its

material placed under a sheet of paper for writing

Japanese pen manufacturer

Japanese pen manufacturer