Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Criss Cross Design 4Y680 Moorcroft Staining on aluminum insert

Staining on aluminum insert

Some lacquer cracking and flaking on box lid edge

or used for offering of Buddhist altar (Osonae-Zen)

Item weight:  337 grams

This particular container is a brown color without any other embellishments

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Criss Cross Design 4Y680 Moorcroft Staining on aluminum insertAntique 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 criss cross or ladder like pattern with small pluses between. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to early Meiji (1900) in Central Japan. It is made of