Sailor Manyo Sumire - 50ml Bottled Ink

The flower Viola mandshurica, also known as Sumire in Japan, is a light purply blue flower that is commonly found along roadsides and houses.

The Sailor Manyo series is based off of the Man'yōshū, a Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves. It is the oldest and one of the most revered collections of classical Japanese poems ever compiled. A great number of the poems mention various beautiful flowers from Japan.