Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Diagonal Lines 4Y660 natsume soseki This is a vintage goishi

This is a vintage goishi

40 cm tall X  11 cm wide

which means women warriors

It features an attached map of Japan at the end

5 cm wide x 28

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Diagonal Lines 4Y660 natsume soseki This is a vintage goishiAntique 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 diagonal dashed line continuous pattern. 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