Kuretake was founded in Japan in 1902 and commenced business manufacturing Sumi ink. Today, Kuretake products and the ZIG trademark are still produced in Japan and the company is rightly proud of its attention to quality and detail across its fine range of writing instruments and art products.
Kuretake manufactures a wide variety of markers, such as highlighters and watercolor products as well as pens and brushes for art, writing and calligraphy - enjoyed by creatives, professionals and enthusiasts alike.
The firm also gained reputation for its quality refillable brush pen which uses replaceable ink cartridges. The brush pen by Kuretake was the first using cartridges