Chiyogami 765Every 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

like fabrics

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

To learn more about how Katazome-shi is made

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

Our Chiyogami papers

5 x 11" hand cut sample of this paper is available with free shipping to North America

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Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong

They will easily flatten out when rolled in the opposite direction

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