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Definition of Inkstones
1. inkstone [n] - See also: inkstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inkstones
Literary usage of Inkstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of the Geology of Japan by Chishitsu Chōsajo (Japan) (1902)
"... Hyuga, X. MATERIAL FOE inkstones, OR " SUZURI-ISHI." The suzuri which serves
for the grinding of solid Chinese ink, is exclusively used in Eastern Asia. ..."
2. The Romance of the Milky Way, and Other Studies & Stories by Lafcadio Hearn (1905)
"It was usual for friends to present each other with new inkstones at the time of
the Tanabata festival; and if there were any new ..."
3. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1890)
"... tobacco pouches, shoes, inkstones crockery—the, omnium gatherum, in short, of
a Corean ' General Store.' Little has been done to present them to the ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1878)
"Their walls and fences all in trim; The stools and tables each so neat, Pencils
and inkstones in their place ; If the ..."
5. Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits by Thomas John Newbold (1839)
"... and the care they wish to be taken of their children; in addition to this the
parents provide the children with books, ink, inkstones, paper, pencils, ..."
6. Japan Day by Day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83 by Edward Sylvester Morse (1917)
"... ancient manuscripts, old furniture, such as cabinets and priests' desks, sticks
of ink and inkstones, roofing tiles, lacquer, and metal ornaments. ..."
7. The Japanese Nation in Evolution: Steps in the Progress of a Great People by William Elliot Griffis (1907)
"Daily with battalions of brush pens before the inkstones, with knees on the mat
and elbow pads on their low tables, the penmen sat, doing their holy and ..."
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