Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Vertical Lines 4Y670 Zisha 5 cm tall x 2

5 cm tall x 2 cm thick (3

The helmet decoration: Demon on the helmet

or tanuki in Japanese

[Full Width] 54 cm wide

perhaps a lotus bud

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Vertical Lines 4Y670 Zisha 5 cm tall x 2Antique 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 no silk mesh backing features vertical groups of small wavy lines. 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