Antique Japanese Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Hishi Bird Design C955 bodhi green fabric

green fabric

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

Good condition except for cracks on the wooden handle

Packed weight: 626 grams

Antique Japanese Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Hishi Bird Design C955 bodhi green fabricAntique 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 no silk mesh backing features diamond shapes with the silhouette of a pheasant bird (kiji). On one side is a shadow of what the full complex design was intended to be. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or