Crucible Year Peter Yuill
Ink · MB5

Boku-Undo Genso

Boku-Undo, Japan. 墨運堂 玄宗 超濃墨液. 153 paintings from 2026.04.12 to 2026.06.14, 104 shown here.

1

The record.

From the registry, rebuilt from Peter's researched material cards. Intense rich black with subtle purplish-blue undertones when diluted or layered. Synthetic resin binder (樹脂系): stable all year, does not freeze or spoil. Previously recorded as a glue-based "Xuan Zong" oil soot.

BINDERsynthetic resin
SOOTcarbon black
CONCENTRATIONsuper
SIZEunknown
BEHAVIOUR

Three sources, side by side.

The maker's card, what is typical for this type (a reference, labelled so), and what Peter recorded at the table. Empty means not recorded.

THE MAKER'S CARD · 2 OF 8TYPICAL FOR THE TYPE (A REFERENCE)PETER, AT THE TABLE · 0 OF 8Hue fullNEUTRALNEUTRAL·Hue diluteBLUEGREY·GlossMATTEGLOSSYViscosityTHINTHICKSpread xuanLOWHIGHWater resistNONEFULLFeibaiLOWHIGHTonal rangeNARROWWIDE
2

In use.

Its life on the table, among the other inks of the year.

WHEN

Every photo day.

Each dot a photo day, sized by the paintings made with it. Highlighted: this one.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovPAINTINGSMB1Kuretake Shogei Kiwami 200MB2Yi De Ge Zhonghua 199MB3Boku-Undo Bokkou 197MB4Yi De Ge Refined Ink Juice 153MB5Boku-Undo Genso 153MB6Yi De Ge Yun Tou Yan 199MB7Kuretake Shogei Purple-Navy 20MB8Boku-Undo Gentoku Super 46MB9Yi De Ge Pine Soot Ink 26MB10Shisan Yue Calligraphy 19
VISUAL MAPPING

Where the ink sits on MB5.

Every painting with this ink, cut into the same 72 zones and averaged: the brighter a tile, the more of each zone its paintings inked. 153 paintings. Open it in Visual Mapping.

THE ENGINE

What V23 read on it.

The mean rung on each ladder for paintings made with it, against the mean across every V23 reading. This mixes the material with the months it was used in; read it as a description only.

FormFORMLESSBLUNTBUILTFLUENTMASTERED+0.09Tonal depthFLATTHINMODELLEDDEEPLUMINOUS+0.12LayeringMUDDIEDSINGLELEGIBLEORDEREDORCHESTRATED+0.05CompositionBROKENINERTWORKINGCOMMANDINGINEVITABLE+0.10Material and surfaceDAMAGEDFLAWEDSOUNDFINEMASTERED−0.02

Bead: the mean rung on this material across 137 V23 readings. Ring: the mean across all 259. The line between them, and the number at the end, is how far this material sits above (cyan) or below (ember) the archive.

3

The paintings.

Every painting made with it that this site shows, by date.

T_208 · 2026.04.12T_210 · 2026.04.12T_212 · 2026.04.12T_213 · 2026.04.12T_219 · 2026.04.15T_220 · 2026.04.15T_222 · 2026.04.15T_223 · 2026.04.15T_224 · 2026.04.15T_225 · 2026.04.15T_227 · 2026.04.15T_228 · 2026.04.15T_229 · 2026.04.18T_231 · 2026.04.18T_234 · 2026.04.18T_235 · 2026.04.18T_236 · 2026.04.18T_237 · 2026.04.18T_239 · 2026.04.18T_240 · 2026.04.18T_246 · 2026.04.21T_249 · 2026.04.21T_250 · 2026.04.21T_251 · 2026.04.21T_252 · 2026.04.21T_254 · 2026.04.21T_255 · 2026.04.21T_256 · 2026.04.21T_257 · 2026.04.21T_259 · 2026.04.21T_260 · 2026.04.26T_262 · 2026.04.26T_264 · 2026.04.26T_265 · 2026.04.26T_267 · 2026.04.26T_268 · 2026.04.26T_269 · 2026.04.26T_270 · 2026.04.26T_271 · 2026.04.26T_272 · 2026.04.26T_276 · 2026.05.07T_277 · 2026.05.07T_278 · 2026.05.07T_280 · 2026.05.07T_281 · 2026.05.07T_282 · 2026.05.07T_283 · 2026.05.07T_287 · 2026.05.07T_288 · 2026.05.07T_290 · 2026.05.07T_291 · 2026.05.07T_292 · 2026.05.07T_294 · 2026.05.07T_302 · 2026.05.14T_303 · 2026.05.14T_304 · 2026.05.14T_305 · 2026.05.14T_308 · 2026.05.14T_309 · 2026.05.14T_310 · 2026.05.24T_311 · 2026.05.24T_312 · 2026.05.24T_313 · 2026.05.24T_314 · 2026.05.24T_315 · 2026.05.24T_316 · 2026.05.24T_317 · 2026.05.24T_318 · 2026.05.24T_320 · 2026.05.31T_321 · 2026.05.31T_322 · 2026.05.31T_324 · 2026.05.31T_326 · 2026.05.31T_327 · 2026.05.31T_328 · 2026.06.03T_329 · 2026.06.03T_330 · 2026.06.03T_331 · 2026.06.03T_332 · 2026.06.03T_333 · 2026.06.03T_334 · 2026.06.03T_335 · 2026.06.03T_336 · 2026.06.03T_337 · 2026.06.03T_338 · 2026.06.03T_339 · 2026.06.03T_340 · 2026.06.06T_341 · 2026.06.06T_342 · 2026.06.06T_343 · 2026.06.06T_344 · 2026.06.06T_345 · 2026.06.06T_346 · 2026.06.06T_347 · 2026.06.06T_348 · 2026.06.06T_349 · 2026.06.06T_350 · 2026.06.06T_351 · 2026.06.14T_352 · 2026.06.14T_353 · 2026.06.14T_355 · 2026.06.14T_356 · 2026.06.14T_357 · 2026.06.14T_358 · 2026.06.14