プラチナ萬年筆 東京支社

When I was relaxing at the gallery office, Yasuchika Kuroda came in from the back door as usual. Kuroda "H, why don't you go to the president's house?" Following Kuroda-san like a goldfish dungeon, he arrived at a platinum fountain pen store in Taito-ku. I was surprised when I arrived and imagined a big building. The platinum fountain pen, a representative company in Japan, was a two-story wooden building. Current platinum fountain pen headquarters (photo) Ballpoint pens have not yet appeared as writing instruments at that time, pencils are used up to elementary school students, and junior high school students are allowed to have fountain pens. I felt like joining a group. At that time, the fountain pen industry was dominated by pilot fountain pens and platinum fountain pens. When I visited, Toshihiro Nakata (photo) was shortly after the second generation, and I remember meeting him on the 2nd floor. He is a very friendly person and remembers that he was proud to bring ukiyo-e and pottery collected one after another. The most memorable item is the platter that the second president is proud of. I think it was an Imari platter, but it was cracked and repaired as a gold joint (connecting each surface that was cracked with lacquer as an adhesive), but it was very proud as a collection . The second president explained a catalog of similar platters at some museum, but Kuroda-san said to him, “Fum, Fum”, and he didn't say it was good or bad. Mr. Kuroda said on the way back, “That is a fake”. I thought Kuroda-san was not concerned about the feelings of the other party but saying “This is a fake”. Since it was about 50 years ago, you may have some memory mistakes. Please forgive me if you make a mistake.