Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Tsuru Crane Birds 4Y617 inuhariko This is a vintage porcelain

This is a vintage porcelain horse figurine

5 cm wide x 7 cm long x 24 cm tall

オオサンショウオウ Japanese giant salamander

Handmade in Japan

It is a vehicle for ancestors to return to heaven) There are three basic types of shikishi paper—calligraphy (poem

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Tsuru Crane Birds 4Y617 inuhariko This is a vintage porcelainAntique 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 no silk mesh backing features a design with large depictions of cranes (tsuru). 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