Material: Brass
Length: 23 centimeters
Weight: 303 g
Comments: Heavy and long. Hinge is nice and tight.

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Material: Brass
Length: 23 centimeters
Weight: 160 g
Description: Fancy design with air vents in brush holder. A bear sits on the lid. The original seller said this was an antique, but I suspect it is a contemporary yatate.

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Material: Copper
Length: 23 centimeters
Weight: 66 g
Description: Light weight, good for carrying on your belt. Lid has a two tone design with copper and another darker metal, possibly bronze. The handle has some dents and crinkles. You don't have to be afraid of using this and adding a few more.

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Material: Brass
Length: 16.9 centimeters
Weight: 111 g
Description: Original seller found this in his father's collection in a store house. Could use a good cleaning and polishing. Spots of solder on bottom of ink pot, a nick at the far end of the handle. The wall of the handle near the far end has two "panels" set in of the same metal, apparently from repairs. This expertly done repair work is hard to notice, and adds to the interest of this yatate.

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Material: Brass
Length: 17 centimeters
Weight: 81 g
Description: Good size for carrying around everywhere. Additional compartment in top of handle for a small paper knife or other tool (not included).

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Material: Brass
Length: 24 centimeters
Weight: 263 g
Description: Huge yatate, and very heavy, but still portable. Very ornate decorations on the ink pot. Has a sliding ring for attaching cord, and includes a brush. Probably one that would attract a collector.

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Material: Brass
Length: 22 centimeters
Weight: 218 g
Description: Large and heavy brass that has been coated with laqcuer, probably urushi. Has a beautiful turtle sculpture on the ink pot lid. Very solid. Like the one above, this is one that would probably attract a collector.

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Material: Copper
Length: 19 centimeters
Weight: 131 g
Description: Standard yatate ready for use. Round flat ink pot design. Good size for carrying around.

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Material: Copper
Length: 18.8 centimeters
Weight: 182 g
Description: Solid and heavy. A few scratches on the brush handle show the copper underneath the black patina.

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Material: Brass
Length: 18.3 centimeters
Weight: 82 g
Description: Solid and practical design. The usual scratches and tiny dingd. Traces of dark solder around the hinge. Hinge is nice and tight.

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Material: Copper
Length: 20.5 centimeters
Weight: 81 g
Description: Solid design. Handle is full of dents, so you don't have to worry about adding a few more. This would make an excellent field yatate for sketching while hiking or camping. Use it and abuse it without hesitation.

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Material: Copper
Length: 14.9 centimeters
Weight: 78 g
Description: This is the rare inro-gata type with separate ink pot and brush tube. These were popular for a time during the end of the Edo era until the dipper style came back into style. The man who sold this to me said this yatate is from the Edo era. It looks like bronze, and has a double inkpot, separated by a lid so you could probably put a different color ink or water in one. The lidded half has a second door revealing a small compartment apparently for tying a tassle made out of cord. The original tassle is missing. There is a dent in the brush tube, but other than that, this yatate is in great condition.

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Material: Brass
Length: 14 centimeters
Weight: 98 g
Description: Unique small design. The handle exactly fits my fist with just the ball protruding from one end and the ink pot from the other. Very portable! Deep ink pot joined at an angle to the handle which keeps it upright even when the handle is tucked into the belt. A real eye catcher.

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Material: Copper
Length: 19 centimeters
Weight: 167 g
Description: Heavy, solid design. Unique sliding band with ring on handle.

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Material: Brass
Length: 20.3 centimeters
Weight: 155 g
Description: Heavy, solid design. Comes with bamboo paper knife in its own compartment.

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Material: Brass
Length: 17.4 centimeters
Weight: 58 g
Description: Light weight, portable design. curious motif on the handle. Solder work visible around the hinge and also where the handle connects to the ink pot. Very solid.

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Material: Brass
Length: 18 centimeters
Weight: 166 g
Description: Fat brush tube for thicker brushes. Dep ink pot and angled handle allows this one to be tucked in the belt and still keep the inkpot fairly perpendicular. Would look great on the desk. There may have been a small ring attached to the sliding band on the handle, but it's not there now. There is still old cotton and dried sumi in the inkpot. Very solid.

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Material: Steel?
Length: 18.3 centimeters
Weight: 58 g
Description: Lightweight, appears to be steel. This yatate is apparently a recent creation, and has never been used. The silk in the inkpot is clean and waiting to be saturated with sumi. The metal has spots and light corossion which can apparently be polished away.

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Material: Brass
Length: 22 centimeters
Weight: 155 g
Description: Heavy and solid brass. Brush slides through opening in front of ink pot. Lid has a corresponding smaller hole which may have been for a latch at one time.

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Material: Copper and brass
Length: 20.5 centimeters
Weight: 120 g
Description: Pretty copper with two tone lid made of brass and copper. Fairly solid and heavy, and fairly clean with signs of scrubbing and polishing by the previous owner.

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Material: Brass
Length: 21.3 centimeters
Weight: 141 g
Description: Solid and heavy brass.

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Material: Copper
Length: 17.8 centimeters
Weight: 141 g
Description: This yatate has a flat lid made of copper, and I believe the body is copper as well, although the body seems more solid and heavy. Along the top of the handle is a silver inlay design. The lid has some freedom of movement allowing it to shift horizontally, but a cord wrapped around it will keep it snugly in place. There are spots on the bottom side of both tyhe handle and ink post where a square patch of the same metal has been inserted either during the making of this yatate or perhaps a subsequent repair. Barely noticeable and still very solid.

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Material: Copper
Length: 17 centimeters
Weight: 109 g
Description: Nice portable size, very solid copper with rounded ink pot. Breather vent in the handle. Numerous small dents and scratches. Great user yatate.

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Material: Copper
Length: 19.3 centimeters
Weight: 131 g
Description: Big heavy and solid copper yatate. It appears to have a coating of urushi lacquer which has been partially polished off. Nice smooth contours. Along the top of the handle are what appear to be a faint calligraphic inscription.

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Material: Copper and brass
Length: 19.7 centimeters
Weight: 91 g
Description: Beautiful copper yatate, surprisingly well preserved and polished. The lid opens to reveal shiny brass surfaces that reflect like a mirror. Some gray solder under the hinge may be from when the yatate was made or from a subsequent repair.

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Material: Copper
Length: 18.5 centimeters
Weight: 124 g
Description: Solid and heavy heavy copper yatate with sturdy hinge and lid that snaps shut. On one side of the ink pot is a split that has been repaired with solder. On top of the handle is a spot that seems darker and redder than the rest, and in the senter is a shiny spot. Other spots and scratches on this old yatate as well.

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Material: Brass
Length: 20.6 centimeters
Weight: 79 g
Description: Long and lightweight yatate. Well preserved and polished. The lid opens to reveal shiny brass surfaces. Some gray solder under the hinge, probably from a repair job. Very similar to yatate_079 except it is all brass.

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