Scribo La Dotta Maki-e Bamboo Limited Edition
Delivery Late December
La Dotta Bamboo marks the beginning of Scribo’s three-year trilogy inspired by the Japanese Three Friends of Winter: pine, bamboo, and plum. Bamboo opens the series as a symbol of resilience, balance, and moral integrity — a form that bends without breaking and stands steady through change.
Each piece is handcrafted in Japan by Urushi master Takeshi Matsuyama, whose work reflects generations of traditional lacquer artistry. The pen features an Ishime textured finish, inspired by winter earth, and a flowing Maki-e bamboo motif applied with gold and silver powders. Every layer is built slowly and deliberately, creating a surface that feels alive and deeply sculptural.
The nib carries an intimate detail: a dedicated engraving of the bamboo motif, made exclusively for this edition. It’s a quiet mark of good fortune meant only for the writer. Each pen is numbered on the filling system ring and signed on the cap by both Matsuyama and Scribo, with the Scribo signature rendered in katakana as a subtle dialogue between Italian craftsmanship and Japanese tradition.
La Dotta Bamboo is presented in a handmade wooden box tied in classic Japanese style and paired with a silk pen pouch made from authentic kimono fabric — a gesture of protection and reverence for the craft.
This edition invites the writer to begin the trilogy with clarity and inner momentum, leading into the next two themes: Pine and Plum.
Technical Details
Edition: Limited to 68 pieces
Material: Resin with Ishime lacquer; gold and silver Maki-e
Trim: Yellow gold
Length: 148 mm
Weight: 30 g
Max Diameter: 16.75 mm
Feed: 6.50 mm ebonite with dual capillaries
Filling Capacity: 1.42 ml
Nib Options:
18k: XXF, EF, F, M, B, BB, BBB, Stub
14k Flex: EF, F, M, B
Accessories: Wooden box, kimono-silk pouch, haori ribbon
LA DOTTA
Bamboo Limited Edition
There is a moment, in the quietest months of the year, when nature seems to hold its breath.
It is in this suspended interval that, according to Japanese tradition, the shōchiku-bai, known as Pine,
Bamboo and Plum take place representing the Three Winter Friends.
Plants that withstand the cold without yielding, symbols for centuries of moral strength, perseverance
and a wish of good fortune for the year to come.
With LA DOTTA Bamboo SCRIBO opens a trilogy that will accompany three years of artisanal work: a
journey in which material, gesture and meaning intertwine to shape a more mindful way of writing.
LA DOTTA Bamboo Limited Edition inaugurates this journey with the purity of an ancient symbol, one
associated with the ability to bend without breaking, to remain steady even as the wind shifts and to
look toward the future with renewed hope.
In Japanese culture, bamboo is a silent teaching: an invitation to resilience, to inner integrity, to balance
in times of transformation. Its essential elegance becomes a visual narrative, matter turning into
meaning.
The creation is entrusted to Urushi master Takeshi Matsuyama, a guardian of a natural lacquer that
demands slowness, precision and an absolute dedication to the art of time.
The surface reveals the material texture of the Ishime finish, inspired by the hardness of winter earth,
while the Maki-e decoration, crafted with gold and silver powders, draws the bamboo motif on the
pen’s body like a natural ideogram.
The nib, too, carries its own tribute: a dedicated engraving, discreet and precious, conceived as an
intimate detail visible only to the one who writes.
Each piece belongs to a limited edition of 68 samples, and each progressive numbering is pantograph-
engraved on the ring of the filling system, together with the name “Bamboo Limited Edition”.
The signatures of the artist and of SCRIBO, the latter engraved in katakana in a delicate dialogue
between Italian identity and Japanese culture, appear on the cap.
The ritual continues in the packaging: a handmade wooden box closed with a cord in a pure Japanese
style, conceived with an essential aesthetic in which nothing is superfluous. The fountain pen is
wrapped in a pen pouch made from kimono fabric, a gesture of protection and good fortune that
evokes the slow, reverent rhythms of tradition.LA DOTTA Bamboo becomes an invitation to begin the New Year with clarity, tenacity and inner
momentum.
It is the opening of a trilogy that already hints at its next two editions: Pine and Plum, emblems of
timeless and ever-shifting virtues.
“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.”
– Japanese proverb –
TAKESHI MATSUYAMA
The artist who created the numbered Bamboo edition
Takeshi Matsuyama was born in Yamanaka and, since childhood, had the opportunity to observe his
father at work, crafting artworks using the maki-e lacquer technique.
These experiences deeply shaped him both as a person and as an artist.
His work arises from the awareness of the need to preserve traditional maki-e techniques in today’s
globally competitive environment.
“Creating objects that have been regarded as works of art for centuries means
preserving an inheritance.
It is a responsibility that invites us to maintain both technical integrity and the spirit of
those who came before us.”
– Takeshi Matsuyama –
Matsuyama-san considers both his identity and his craft as bridges to traditional Japanese culture.
Mastery of technique is, for him, the fundamental prerequisite for any artist: only when technical skill is
fully evident, the artist’s personality can emerge.
He creates artworks designed to be perceived through all five senses, distancing observers from the
mass-produced objects that dull awareness.
To pursue his artistic vision, Matsuyama-san draws from both traditional Japanese style and new
international design, applying Japanese techniques to give life to each creation.
His inspiration comes above all from nature: the white of winter and the varied colours of flowers and
plants in the other seasons.
Spirituality also plays a fundamental role in his work, Matsuyama-san notes that he always carries
Shintoism in his mind as a guiding presence.
