Antique Japanese Ise Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Small Flowers Design A695 crackle glaze Group photo of engineers

Group photo of engineers

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Antique Japanese Ise Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Small Flowers Design A695 crackle glaze Group photo of engineersAntique Japanese Ise Katagami Kimono Stencil Katazome Japanese Katagami is a stencil pattern for dyeing textiles used for printing designs and patterns on kimono and other fabric items. Using traditional mulberry washi paper, this Ise katagami stencil has what appears to be a dense, vertical pattern of tiny flowers and stems. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to early Meiji (1900) in Central Japan. It is made