Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Flowers Vines 4Y575 Wood It's decorated with two cranes

It's decorated with two cranes flying

Item weight: 913 grams

This event is known as the 'Ako Incident

The open space on the katagami will be a negative space in the printed design

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Flowers Vines 4Y575 Wood It's decorated with two cranesAntique Japanese Katagami Kimono Stencil Japanese Katagami is a stencil pattern for dyeing textiles used for printing designs and patterns on kimono and other fabric items. Using traditional mulberry paper, this katagami stencil with silk mesh backing features a dense design of blooming flowers and buds on twisting vines. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to early Meiji (1900) in Central Japan. It is made of