The Japanese Pen Maker Project
| Pen Maker | Description | |
| ABC | Started out as an ink manufacturer in the 1920s, but they soon began selling fountain pens under their brand. | |
| Ace | Another company that started out as an ink manufacturer in the 1920s, but they soon began selling fountain pens under their brand. | |
| Adam | Made colorful celluloid fountain pens in the 1940s and 50s. | |
| Admiral | Early 1920's hard rubber lever fillers and eyedropper pens | |
| Alarm | 1930s High Quality Hard rubber and lacquer. Some with lacquer clips | |
| Almite | ||
| Apollo | 1930's Urushi pens | |
| Arabian Ford | Initially made pens in the 1920s, but soon began manufacturing pen parts for other pen companies. | |
| Art | ||
| Asa | ||
| Asahi | ||
| Athenha | first a brand of ink and then a fountain pen brand of the Maruzen Department Store | |
| Automan | ||
| Banker | War-time celluloid pens. Made speciality falcon nib pens. | |
| BBB (san-B) | Very early hard rubber under over feed pens | |
| Believe | ||
| Bohn | ||
| Brother | ||
| Bunshudo | Primarily a publishing company, but has sold fountain pens under their name. Mostly all were during the war years. | |
| Center | Based In Osaka Japan. The Center Fountain Pen company began just after the war and continued making pens into the mid 1950s. | |
| Columbia | Based in the Asakusa area of Tokyo | |
| Comet | The Comet Mfg Co. Ltd began in the 1920s and continued until the 1950's. | |
| Comrad | ||
| Crown | Early 1930's Urushi lacquer pens. First gold then shiro nibs. Crown advertised that Musolini used this pen. | |
| Crystal | ||
| Daichou | ||
| Daimaru | A Japanese department store chain that has sold fountain pens under their own name starting in early 1930s | |
| Daio | ||
| Dia | ||
| Diamond | Started out as an ink subrand for the Well Fountain Pen Co., but also made celluloid pens under this name in the late 1930's | |
| Edel | ||
| Elliott | ||
| Emburu | ||
| Erie | Very early 1900's with over-under feed fountain pens sold at Isetan. | |
| Eterna | ||
| Ever | ||
| Everbest | ||
| Extra | ||
| Ferumu | ||
| Fujiyama | ||
| General (GE General Electric) | ||
| Ginga | Made celluloid pens in the 1950s and 60s | |
| Grace | Made lacquerd ebonite eyedropper shiro pens in the late 1930's | |
| Hartman | ||
| Hatori Seiko | Seiko as in the watch company. They also have made fountain pens. | |
| Hegel | ||
| Henkel | ||
| HHH (san-H) | ||
| Hiratsuka | Made early 1930's lacquered hard rubber eyedroppers with gold nibs. Used trade mark "Flarz" | |
| Hirota | ||
| Hissei | ||
| Horse | ||
| Honen | ||
| Hottho | ||
| Howard | Cheap 1930s Celluloid Shiro nib pens. Manufactured by Pearl Mfg. Co. Ltd | |
| Huku | ||
| Ichikawa Kishichi & Co. | 1922, I have never seen one of their pens but they are listed in the 1922 issue of "Merchants and Manufacturers of Tokyo" as a manufacturer of fountain pens | |
| Ideal | ||
| Ioza | ||
| Itoya | ||
| Isetan | ||
| Ishibashi | ||
| Iwai | ||
| James | 1930s urushi covered hard rubber eyedropper shiro pens. | |
| Jewel | ||
| K. Hatori Seiko | ||
| Kewpie | ||
| Kikado | ||
| Kinshi | ||
| Kintetsu | ||
| Kokushi | ||
| Konparu | ||
| Koshiji | ||
| Kumiai | ||
| Kureha | ||
| Lance | ||
| Large | Early 1900's Under Over feed pens | |
| Leal (Real) | Very early Onoto-style under over feed pens. | |
| Lion | ||
| Lloyd | ||
| Lock | ||
| Long | Made colorful celluloid eyedropper pens with plated nibs in the 1950s. | |
| Lot | ||
| Lovely | ||
| Mahometo | ||
| Marshall | ||
| Marubutu | ||
| Marukin | ||
| Maruzen | ||
| Master | ||
| Matsuda Pen Co. | ||
| Matsuzakaya | War Time celluloid Shiro pens | |
| Meizen | ||
| Merry | ||
| Minatoya | Pen Maker from Kobe Japan, Made 1920s hard rubber lever fillers. | |
| Mitaka | ||
| Mitsuhashi | 1920's hard rubber flat top pens | |
| Mitsuta Pen Co. | 1920s Hard Rubber pens. Made the Posidon, a Waterman-style Safety filler pen. | |
| MMM (san-M) | ||
| Monarch | ||
| Morgan | ||
| Moris | ||
| Morison | ||
| Naniki Mfg Co. | Produced the "Pilat" pen. The company made blatant cheap copies of Namiki's Pilot pens. | |
| Nasby | ||
| National K. N | ||
| Navy | ||
| Newton | ||
| Nikko | ||
| Nile | ||
| Nine | ||
| Nobel | ||
| Noritsu | ||
| Noshi | ||
| Ocean | ||
| Oden | ||
| Ohashido | ||
| Oliver | Noted as being the first Japanese Trade Marked Pen. | |
| Orion | One of the first affordable Japanese made pens. The first Orions were made by Onoto in London and sold at Maruzen. To reduce costs, Maruzen began importing the parts and assembled the pens in house. | |
| Orosu | ||
| Ohte | ||
| Panly | ||
| Pelikan | ||
| Platon | ||
| Plum | ||
| Posteng | ||
| Power | ||
| Push | ||
| Ramie | ||
| Reiyon | ||
| Reuter | ||
| Rigen | ||
| Risu (Wreath) | 1920s and 1930s hard rubber pens | |
| River | ||
| Robin | ||
| Ryo | ||
| Saint | ||
| Sakai | ||
| Seiho | ||
| Seiran | ||
| Selan | 1950's Made some lovely maki-e and gold inlay pens. | |
| Seki Yasaburo Shoten | 1922, I have never seen one of their pens but they are listed in the 1922 issue of "Merchants and Manufacturers of Tokyo" as a manufacturer of fountain pens | |
| Shirokiya | ||
| Slider | ||
SSS (San-S) |
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| Steady | ||
| Sten | ||
| Stout | ||
| Sun Star | ||
| Suo | ||
| Swan | ||
| Tairiku | War-time Shiro pens | |
| Taisei | ||
| Tokyo | ||
| Takizawa Pen Co | War Time Shiro pens. Used trade mark ALLHALLO | |
| Unique | ||
| Valley | ||
| Vanco | ||
| Victor | ||
| Washington | ||
| Webster | ||
| Well | ||
| West | Early 1930s | |
| Whymper | 1960's colorful celluloid pens. Gold Plated nibs | |
| Wide | Wide Fountain Pen Tokyo TNN&Co. Wartime lacquer Shiro pens | |
| Work | ||
| Yotsubishi | ||
| Zenith | ||
