Antique Japanese Meiji Era Katagami Kimono Stencili Flower Brown Katazome C217 Brass Japanese figurine

Japanese figurine

Some stains on the white part

Japanese Katagami is a stencil pattern for dying textiles used for printing Kimonos

This kobachi is made of porcelain

Antique Japanese Meiji Era Katagami Kimono Stencili Flower Brown Katazome C217 Brass Japanese figurineJapanese Antique Katagami Kimono Stencil Katazome Details: It's a one of a kind original Japanese mid or late Meiji period 1890 stencil pattern Katagami" for dying textiles Katazome. Japanese paper stencils were used in a process of resist dying textiles. These stencils are made of two or more layers of handmade mulberry paper (kozo) laminated together and waterproofed with persimmon tannin. Smoke curing gives the paper additional stiffness and turns