Lennon Tool Bar – Special Edition – E Hua Shi(E Hua City) – City of Radical Thought

Lennon Tool Bar – Special Edition – E Hua Shi(E Hua City) – City of Radical Thought is one of three special edition inks created for their design exhibition this year.

During the period of Japanese rule in Taiwan, Changhua emerged as a cradle of emerging ideas and civic consciousness. Local scholars and community groups began advocating for equality, education, and self-awareness. To the colonial authorities, however, such movements complicated governance. They labeled these progressive efforts as corrupting ideas () and branded Changhua a city of ideological deterioration ().

But the people of Changhua reclaimed the label with pride. What was meant as an insult became a symbol of resistance and enlightenment. They began calling themselves citizens of E Hua Shi ()the City of Radical Thoughta name that continues to represent the courage to question, to think, and to spark change.

• Dye-based Ink
• 30ml
  
• Other 2025 special edition inks: Mirror and Jasmine

AboutLennon Tool Bar:
Lennon Tool Bar was founded in 2014 at Tamsui, Taiwan. Initially, it started to promote arts and crafts of Indigo Dyeing, a business that flourished a century ago in Taiwan, and at the time, Taiwan exported a considerable amount of “doroai,” or the raw material of colorants used in Indigo Dyeing, to the Japanese Empire. Lennon Tool Bar draws inspiration from the traditional process and the popular colors used in Indigo Dyeing.