Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Butterflies 4Y501 bronze 71 cm long x 5

71 cm long x 5 cm wide

Girl praying with beads

5 cm tall x 1 cm thick

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Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Butterflies 4Y501 bronze 71 cm long x 5Antique 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 is decorated with a kaleidoscope of fluttering butterflies. 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