Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Botan Peony 4Y537 hiragana The body of a sailor

The body of a sailor boy is shaped like a ship

This is a Japanese woodblock print Ukiyoe by Shigenobu Utagawa

1 bow and 2 arrows

Gold leaf crafts

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Botan Peony 4Y537 hiragana The body of a sailorAntique 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 features a large simplified pattern of peonies. 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