Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Floral Water Hishi 4Y599 statue Item weight: 167 grams

Item weight: 167 grams

size: 40 cm long x 38 cm wide x 22 cm tall

We picked this up from a local house in Nagoya

One of the Seven Lucky Gods

Blue and white ceramic (shonzui)

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Floral Water Hishi 4Y599 statue Item weight: 167 gramsAntique 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 silk mesh backing features a densely packed pattern of floral elements in a traditional hishi (rhombus diamond) shape with water ripples. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to