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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese
Title:Katagami (katazome)
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Print Block/Plate/Stone
Materials:Mulberry (shibugami) paper treated with persimmon juice and smoked, silk thread.
Place Made:Unknown
Measurements:sheet: 9 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.; 24.13 x 41.275 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1968.591
Credit Line:The Margaret Rankin Barker - Isaac Ogden Rankin Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker (Margaret Clark Rankin, class of 1908)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Japanese cherry blossoms and abstract star patterns; seal bottom right of border of print

Label Text:
Katagami stencils were used by the Japanese for over a thousand years to pattern textiles in a technique called katazome. This delicate dye-resist technique traditionally involves applying rice paste through a stencil onto silk, followed by an exacting procedure of multiple stencil realignments and paste applications in order to continue the yardage’s pattern. The material is then dyed, sometimes repeatedly, typically in indigo. The paste is then removed to reveal exquisite voided patterns. ( From Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection exhibition website)

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