Antique Japanese Katagami Textile Stencil with Cranes, Branches, and Handwritten Notes longan and longan kansas city stable and I don't thik

stable and I don't thik detracting

and then there is this great little face

Both painting and frame in excellent condition

with the initials of the friends or family members from whence they came written in pencil

used for storing and carrying gun powder (end plug clearly long gone

Antique Japanese Katagami Textile Stencil with Cranes, Branches, and Handwritten Notes longan and longan kansas city stable and I don't thikThis is a Japanese "katagami" paper stencil, made of layers of mulberry paper laminated together and treated with kakishibu persimmon tannin that lends durability and water resistence. Paper stencil like this were traditionally used for patterning textiles, especially kimono fabric, using a resist dyeing process called katazome. I am not at all an expert but find them quite beautiful things, and really love the (all handcut) pattern on this one, with