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Sarasa stencil, Edo Karakam

Tokyo Matsuya and Photo by Minamoto Tadayuki

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan

For this technique rounded deer-hair brush is used to dye the paper using Ise-katagami dyed pattern paper (patterns are out on washi paper treated with persimmon tannin). In this example only one pattern paper is used, but sometimes several pattern papers are also used to print multi-colored designs.

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  • Title: Sarasa stencil, Edo Karakam
  • Creator: Tokyo Matsuya, Photo by Minamoto Tadayuki
  • Rights: Photo © Minamoto Tadayuki

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