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Yatate (矢立) are small personal smoking-pipe-shaped writing sets from medieval Japan which provided a carrying box for the ink cotton, and a shaft for a brush (and possibly a letter opener). ==Usage== ''Yatate'' literally means "Arrow Stand" ("''ya-tate''"). The name comes from the practice of early ''bushi'' who kept ink stones inside their arrow stands. Japanese writing was traditionally done using the writing set inspired from China: an ''inking stone'', a small stick of solid ink (sumi) (which is turned to usable liquid ink by grinding on the inking stone and watering), and brushes. The complete set was easily portable and took time to prepare the materials for writing.〔(''What is a Yatate ?'' -- Tokyo Fountain pen scene )〕〔(The Japanese Yatate ) (Russ Stutler) (At Pentrace East)〕 During the Kamakura era (1185–1333), the idea of ink-saturated cotton was developed. By touching a calligraphy brush to the cotton, one could ink the bristles with reduced risk of dripping or spilling ink. By enclosing the cotton in a little box ("''sumi tsubo''"), a writing set was made convenient and portable. The first ''yatate'' were long boxes, with the ink compartment in the axis of the pen. The "smoking pipe" shape was designed to increase the quantity of available ink. In the late Edo era, another design was developed, with the ink box attached to the pen shaft by a chain; the ink box was used as a ''netsuke'' to fix the ''yatate'' to the belt, while other ''yatate'' are simply put in the belt like a fan. As only members of the samurai caste were permitted to carry ''katana'', some ''yatate'' were designed to be used for self-defense. Some late ''yatate'' were made of a special alloy of gold and copper called ''shakudo'', specifically designed to turn purple-black over time, and give the ''yatate'' its finish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yatate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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