Antique Japanese Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Hana Flower Pattern A756 turquoise Vintage Japanese Buddhist Sutra Book

Vintage Japanese Buddhist Sutra Book

This two-panel kashigata mold is carved with the design of one large cross-section of bamboo shoots (takenoko)

5 cm wide x  6 cm tall

Kanji reading: Gifu Satsuma kai

Antique Japanese Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Hana Flower Pattern A756 turquoise Vintage Japanese Buddhist Sutra BookAntique Japanese 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 katagami stencil features diagonal bands of the center section of flowers. 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