Chiyogami 756Every sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand. The individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens. The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong, soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications! To learn more about how Chiyogami is made, click here. Chiyogami,

such as tea tins

was developed in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867)

and aided by paste and "Kojiro" (soy bean juice)

are stored in bolts

these elegant bold patterned papers were developed in Kyoto during the 20th century by an inspired soul

such as cranes for long life and plum blossoms and pine boughs for beauty and longevity

The fashionable kimono textiles being produced in the Yuzen area of Kyoto inspired the papermakers to produce small-scale paper imitations intended for use on dolls and tiny household items

"Katazome-shi" literally means stencil-dyed papers

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Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

Every sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils