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Kata-gami: Juniper Leaves and Berries
Unknown1780–1830
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Rectangular sheet composed of multiple layers of mulberry paper. A design of clumps of juniper branches and leaves with scattered berries of varying sizes is created by cutting away most of the ground leaving the positive of the design. The interstices of the design are supported by strands of human hair.
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Details
- Title: Kata-gami: Juniper Leaves and Berries
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1780–1830
- Type: Stencil
- Rights: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay
- Medium: Mulberry paper, lacquer made from persimmon juice, human hair
- Paper Support: Mulberry paper
- Dimensions: Sheet: 43.2 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.)
- Bibliography: Dee, Elaine Evans and Thomas S. Michie. Kata-gami : Japanese stencils in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design. New York, NY : The Museum, 1979.
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