Antique Japanese Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Swallow Bird Tsubame A643 Other Vases Pears and wires

Pears and wires

Japanese wood-framed Shikishi

Word on the side: lotus flower

flat hat 3 cm long x 3

5 cm long x 3 cm wide x 6 cm tall

Antique Japanese Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Swallow Bird Tsubame A643 Other Vases Pears and wiresAntique 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 a silk backing is decorated with one diving swallow (tsubame). This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to early Meiji (1900) in Central Japan. It is made of two or more layers of