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Katagami Stencil

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The Jessie L. Clough Art Memorial for Teaching
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20231018_katagami_009
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Rhodes College Collection of Artwork and Artifacts
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https://hdl.handle.net/10267/37144
Abstract
Katagami stencil made from multiple layers of thin, durable mulberry bark paper (washi) laminated together with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu). This treatment makes the paper waterproof, flexible, and strong enough to withstand repeated dyeing, as these stencils were used to print patterns on silk and cotton fabric in Japan during the Meiji Period (1850–1912). Hatching is repated; first as thin lines symmetrical and all over, as thicker lines in nagative space, and as thick lines intersecting in certain points of the grid. Continuing those intersecting lines on the flowers are U-shaped cuts. There are abstract petal and circular shapes grouped in the shape of a bloomed plant.
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This object was photographed and inventoried during 2024 by Alana Reece-Walker ('26). Please note that the date issued field refers to the date of the digital object's creation. The temporal coverage field contains date information for the actual physical object, when known.