Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Water Iris 4Y504 Blue Hand-written Kanji letters: Sake shop

Hand-written Kanji letters: Sake shop name 伊賀屋(Igaya)

5 cm long x 26

Item weight: 1900 grams

Ball inside the sphere moves

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Water Iris 4Y504 Blue Hand-written Kanji letters: Sake shopAntique 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 large bundled water iris. 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