{"product_id":"yamamoto-paper-ro-biki-note-museum-series-venice-ga050","title":"Yamamoto Paper RO-BIKI Note Museum Series — Venice (Canaletto)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eA view of Venice painted for a British consul, now sized for a coat pocket\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 Canaletto's \u003cem\u003eThe Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right\u003c\/em\u003e across its wax paper cover. Canaletto painted it as part of a series of twenty panoramic Venice views commissioned by Joseph Smith, the British consul in Venice at the time and one of the artist's most important patrons — the kind of documentary-precision cityscape that made Canaletto's work popular with wealthy British visitors doing the Grand Tour. The vantage point closely matches what you'd see today standing on the Accademia Bridge, looking down the canal toward the Campo della Carità.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003ePrecision on the cover, imperfection with use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eCanaletto was known for near-architectural accuracy — straight lines, exact proportions, careful light. That's an interesting contrast to what happens to this notebook once you start carrying it: the wax-treated paper cover creases, scuffs, and darkens with handling, the same way it does across the rest of the RO-BIKI line. A perfectly composed 18th-century cityscape slowly acquiring a texture of daily use is part of the appeal — the notebook stops looking like a printed reproduction and starts looking like something you actually own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhat's inside, beyond the cover\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSixty pages of 5mm dot grid sit on chiffon cream writing paper, roughly 75–80g\/m², chosen by a company that ran a paper wholesale business for decades before making notebooks — it takes fountain pen ink cleanly, without heavy feathering, and dries fast enough for note-taking on the move. The binding is thread-stitched with a saddle stitch, so the notebook opens flat rather than fighting you at the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003ePassport-sized, and passport-compatible\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAt 88 × 125mm, this matches the footprint of a Japanese passport and slides into a passport-size Traveler's Notebook cover as a refill, if you already run that system. It also holds up perfectly well on its own — no cover required — for anyone who wants a compact travel notebook with a bit more visual history behind it than a plain kraft insert.\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), Canaletto's \u003cem\u003eThe Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right\u003c\/em\u003e — Metropolitan Museum of Art collection\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: GA050\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\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBilingual service — English and French\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Shosai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48041418752225,"sku":"YP-GA050","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8032\/1249\/files\/13107131_1002.jpg?v=1772562706","url":"https:\/\/shosai.ca\/products\/yamamoto-paper-ro-biki-note-museum-series-venice-ga050","provider":"Shosai","version":"1.0","type":"link"}