Antique Japanese Ise Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Grid Pattern A854 Mt.Aso Acrylic on canvas

Acrylic on canvas

八十七才 eighty-seven years old

this box is coated with a unique lacquer technique called wakasa

A pair of chopsticks is included

28 cm wide × 31 cm tall x 1

Antique Japanese Ise Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Grid Pattern A854 Mt.Aso Acrylic on canvasAntique 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 features a grid like design consisting of chains of circles. 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