Founded in 1921 in Tokyo, Japan, SAKURA Stationery moved its headquarters to Osaka in 1925 and invented a unique new type of painting material, the patented "Cray-pas" oil pastel (paint pen). Oil pastels have achieved epoch-making success for Sakura Stationery, and since then the company has established a solid position as a famous brand manufacturer of painting materials in Japan, and after years of development and accumulation, Sakura has become one of the world's leading painting materials companies.

In 1982, Sakura invented and launched "Pigma", a new type of marker made from pigment ink. The ink of this water-based marker pen dries extremely quickly and does not penetrate even on the thinnest sheets of paper. Although it was the inventor of the pigment marker, Sakura was far less well-known than its successor, Windsor Newton. It's no wonder that Sakura's pigment markers are indeed weaker in terms of pigment quality, color coverage and body design.

Sakura pigment markers are available in 9 colours and come with a single-ended soft brush tip with a cylindrical body design. Windsor Newton is available in 105 shades of greyscale in 4 different shades, with white and transparent tones to create new colours. The double-ended asymmetrical body design is comfortable to hold and easy to use, won the 2009 Red Dot Design Award, and coupled with Windsor Newton's deep accumulation in the pigment industry, the pigment quality performance is better. Considering that the price of a single Sakura pigment marker is 10.4 yuan, which is only about half of the Windsor Newton marker, if you want to try it out, Sakura's PIGMA BRUSH is also a good choice.

Another KOI COLORING BRUSH PEN is also a water-based marker, with 48 colors, a single-head design, a cylindrical body, and a soft brush head that is very flexible, and can be mixed with an O color to create new colors. However, the body of the Sakura marker pen is too small, resulting in very small ink reserves and poor grip.