Established in 1902 as a sumi ink stick manufacturer in Japan, Kuretake has grown in to a brand of quality artist tools for fine arts, illustration, graphic design, paper crafts, scrapbooking and signage.
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1902 Established. Rooted in Sumi
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1958 Bokuteki Japanese Liquid Sumi Ink
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1963 Development of the felt tip marking pen
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1973 Fude Pen. Kuretake becomes an established Brand in Japan
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1985 ZIG Posterman Chalk Marker
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1996 ZIG Memory System - Scrapbooking
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1998 Etegami Etegami Product Line
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2012 ZIG Cartoonist
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2014 Introduce Kaleidolines Concept and Product Line
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2015 Decoupage Product Line
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2015 Introduce Pla-ban
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Brand Introduction
Watercolour range:
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Gansai Tambi
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ZIG CLEAN COLOR Real Brush
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ZIG CLEAN COLOR DOT
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KURETAKE CAMBIO TAMBIEN
Calligraphy & Hand Letting
Kaleidolines
Cartoonist
Draw your own Manga using the ZIG Kuretake Cartoonist series.
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MANGAKA
Fude Pen
The brush pen is most commonly used for calligraphy, lettering, sketching, outlining, inking illustrations and ink washing.
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KURETAKE FUDE PEN
Memory System
The ZIG Memory System is designed for scrapbooking, journaling and cardmaking with water-based pigment ink to preserve treasured memories.
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ZIG Memory System WINK OF STELLA BRUSH II