Antique Japanese Katagami Textile Stencil with Cranes, Branches, and Handwritten Notes for the cocktail party They each measure 2 5/8"

They each measure 2 5/8" tall x 2 1/2" long x 3/8" thick

and which was named for him

homespun version of the mid-century classic

The covers on these are pretty rough--detached in the case of two of them--but I've got a weakness for these old drawing instruction books

as if the purpose of the green embroidery were to gather up the waves of thread

Antique Japanese Katagami Textile Stencil with Cranes, Branches, and Handwritten Notes for the cocktail party They each measure 2 5/8"This 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