Large format, 12 x 9 inches with 448 pages, cloth bound
•      Large format, hardbound cloth with dust jacket, 12 x 9 inches , 448 pages. 
•History of the fountain pen and its industry in Japan from around 1880 to the present. Major and minor manufacturers are covered. Pens, inks, ephemera and equipment used for hand pen manufacture in earlier eras are detailed. 
Materials and techniques to embellish pens, are extensively discussed. 
•Customized pens for the Japanese Trade and pens made or embellished in Japan, for other makers are included. 
•      Professional photography throughout the book depicts the pens life size for easy identification.
•A large number of prototypes not documented before are included. 
•More than 1,700 images are detailed, of these more than 500 vintage and modern pens, have not been previously documented in a book on pens.