{"product_id":"yamamoto-paper-ro-biki-note-museum-series-garden-ga052","title":"Yamamoto Paper RO-BIKI Note Museum Series — Garden (Monet)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eThe garden Monet rented, now on the cover of a notebook you can actually use\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThis edition of Yamamoto Paper's RO-BIKI Note Museum Series carries Claude Monet's \u003cem\u003eThe Artist's Garden at Vétheuil\u003c\/em\u003e (1881) across its wax paper cover. Monet painted it during the years he was renting a house in Vétheuil, a village on the Seine northwest of Paris — the canvas shows the garden he was cultivating there, all loose brushwork and sunlit color rather than tight botanical detail, which is part of why Impressionist garden scenes translate so well onto a small, tactile object like this rather than staying flat on a museum wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eThe cover ages the way the paint does\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWax-treated paper is the material Yamamoto uses across every notebook in the RO-BIKI line, and it behaves the same way here: stiff and smooth when new, then increasingly creased, scuffed, and darkened with handling. On a garden scene built from short, layered brushstrokes, that aging effect echoes the texture of the painting itself in a way it wouldn't on something flatter or more graphic — the notebook and the artwork end up wearing in together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003ePaper that holds up to real fountain pen use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSixty pages of 5mm dot grid sit inside, printed on chiffon cream writing paper around 75–80g\/m² — chosen specifically because Yamamoto has decades of experience as a paper wholesaler before they ever made notebooks themselves, and it shows in how cleanly the paper takes fountain pen ink without heavy feathering. The binding is thread-stitched with a saddle stitch, so pages lie flat rather than springing back, which is worth knowing if you plan to sketch or write across a full spread rather than one page at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eSmall enough to disappear into a coat pocket\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAt 88 × 125mm — the same footprint as a Japanese passport — this is built for carrying, not sitting on a shelf. It also fits passport-size Traveler's Notebook covers as a refill, so if you're already running that system, this works as a more visually distinctive alternative to a plain kraft insert, or perfectly well on its own with no cover at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCover: wax-treated paper (ro-BIKI finish), Claude Monet's \u003cem\u003eThe Artist's Garden at Vétheuil\u003c\/em\u003e (1881)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSize: 88 × 125mm (passport size)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePages: 60, 5mm dot grid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eProduct code: GA052\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePaper: chiffon cream writing paper, approx. 75–80g\/m², fountain pen friendly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBinding: thread-stitched, saddle stitch, lies flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFits passport-size Traveler's Notebook covers as a refill\/insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMade in Japan (2025 edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBilingual service — English and French\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Shosai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48041437429985,"sku":"YP-GA052","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8032\/1249\/files\/13107206_1002.jpg?v=1772563528","url":"https:\/\/shosai.ca\/products\/yamamoto-paper-ro-biki-note-museum-series-garden-ga052","provider":"Shosai","version":"1.0","type":"link"}