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Katagami, Arrow Design
This is a Katagami. It is dated late 19th–early 20th century and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire). It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Katagami, which translates as “pattern paper,” is a stencil used to print repeating patterns on fabric. Since Japanese garments were traditionally made without a shoulder seam, the two arrows pointing in opposite directions would have produced a fluid repeat on the front and back of the garment.
This object was
donated by
Helen Snyder.
It is credited Gift of Helen Snyder.
- Sidewall (France)
- block-printed on handmade paper.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1928-2-58
- Domino Paper (France)
- block-printed and stenciled on handmade paper.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1928-2-75
- Poster, Sundance Film Festival 2013
- digital offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Paula Scher.
- 2013-25-7
Our curators have highlighted 11 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Sidewall, To the Point
- screen printed on vinyl.
- Gift of Joy Wolf.
- 1981-64-1
- Print, The Turkish Family
- engraving on laid paper.
- Gift of Leo Wallerstein.
- 1949-29-23
- Print, Venus and Cupid
- engraving on laid paper.
- Gift of Leo Wallerstein.
- 1948-133-16
Its dimensions are
46.7 x 34 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
Cite this object as
Katagami, Arrow Design; Japan; mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire); 46.7 x 34 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); Gift of Helen Snyder; 1976-103-289
Katagami & Katazome Demonstration
Master craftsmen from Japan demonstrate traditional techniques for hand-cutting paper stencils (katagami) and resist-dying silk (katazome). This video condenses a multi-hour process into under two...
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Making Design.
