Iroshizuku Sui-Gyoku

Pilot Iroshizuku - Sui-gyoku - Ink drop

Added to Pilot’s Iroshizuku line in the spring of 2022, this is Sui-gyoku. Meaning emerald or jade green, I’m not sure that it represents the standard colors of either gem particularly well. It’s a pleasant green, though.

Pilot Iroshizuku - Sui-gyoku - Color range and sheen

Check out the chromatography in the ink swatch card image. There is a mountain of brilliant blue combined with a potent garden-fresh green (almost like Ama-iro meets Chiku-rin!) This creates a strong green that confidently, yet covertly hints of blue. Sui-gyoku falls too firmly in the greens to be called a peacock, but it’s interesting. In writing, it produces a nicely defined stroke. Although there is a fiery sheen in the splatter, and visible in the magnified stroke image, it’s really more subconscious in writing.

Pilot Iroshizuku - Sui-gyoku - Cinnamon sheen

Sui-gyoku writes very comfortably and performs very well. It feels and acts like an Iroshizuku ink. I appreciate that. On all six test papers, both coated and uncoated, it performed flawlessly. I didn’t have any problems with feathering or serious bleed-through, and drying was average or better. This is a solid writing ink.

Pilot Iroshizuku - Sui-gyoku - Strokes on Rhodia

Of the three latest Iroshizuku inks, this is probably the most usable as a daily ink, but it also probably the least interesting. As you can see in the comparison, I have many similar inks (and could have added many more). You can also see how it compares with Iroshizuku Syo-ro. That said, it does perform very nicely, and it’s a very pleasant, slightly bluish green. If you’re ready for a new green, this is a nice choice, but if you already have similars, pick up one of the other two new Iroshizuku inks first!

Pilot Iroshizuku - Sui-gyoku - Ink swatch card

Pilot Iroshizuku - Sui-gyoku - Swatch card comparisons