Japanese Katagami Kimono Stencil Katazome Vtg Kanji Samurai Gifu KK29

Japanese Katagami Kimono Stencil Katazome 

• Japanese kimono stencil Katagami
• Kanji design
  
• Kanji reading: Gifu-ken Fuwa-gun Tarui-cho Iwate Takenaka Hanbe Shigeharu Kensho-kai
• Kanji meaning: Gifu prefecture Fuwa district Tarui-town Iwate area, a ceremony for honoring Takenaka Hanbe Sigeharu
• Takenaka Henbe was a Samurai and famous strategist during 1544~1579 in Japan
• Mulberry paper
• Silk backing
• C1970
• Approx. 55 cm long x 28.5 cm wide 
• Item weight: 100 grams
• Packed weight: 350 grams
• Good condition considering its age. Wear and tear due to age.  Please see pictures carefully and bid with confidence.

• We got this item at an antique auction in Tajimi in Gifu, Japan

Japanese Katagami is a stencil pattern for dying textiles used for printing Kimonos. It is made of two or more layers of handmade mulberry paper laminated together and waterproofed with persimmon tannin. Katagami printing uses a technique called resist dye where a paste is applied to the fabric with the katagami before dipping in ink. The open space on the katagami will be a negative space in the printed design.  

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