Dyeing stencil katagami with a motif of rhomboidal flower rosettes and birds hanabishi ni tori moyô, ise-katagami, stencils, chuban format, kachoga iconography: birds, flowers, plum trees, hanabishi pattern, geometric and plant patterns. Pattern cut out on the pattern: against the background of a grid of flower rosettes enclosed in rhomboids, quadrilateral reserves with a pair of doves and a small plant motif., 19th/20th century Meiji period, Japan. Template; height 41.5 cm, width 24.3 cm., A rectangular sheet of brown paper with an intricate cutout pattern fills most of the image, showing a repeating floral-like lattice with many daisy-shaped motifs and organic, curving gaps; within this lattice are three ornate cartouche shapes each containing a stylized bird rendered by delicate cut lines and feather details; the cutwork reveals white background through the negative spaces, creating high contrast with the brown paper and occasional small areas of dark shadow where layers overlap, an...
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Dyeing stencil katagami with a motif of rhomboidal flower rosettes and birds hanabishi ni tori moyô, ise-katagami, stencils, chuban format, kachoga iconography: birds, flowers, plum trees, hanabishi pattern, geometric and plant patterns. Pattern cut out on the pattern: against the background of a grid of flower rosettes enclosed in rhomboids, quadrilateral reserves with a pair of doves and a small plant motif., 19th/20th century Meiji period, Japan. Template; height 41.5 cm, width 24.3 cm., A rectangular sheet of brown paper with an intricate cutout pattern fills most of the image, showing a repeating floral-like lattice with many daisy-shaped motifs and organic, curving gaps; within this lattice are three ornate cartouche shapes each containing a stylized bird rendered by delicate cut lines and feather details; the cutwork reveals white background through the negative spaces, creating high contrast with the brown paper and occasional small areas of dark shadow where layers overlap, and the paper has a plain brown border surrounding the central cut design.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Dyeing stencil katagami motif rhomboidal flower rosettes birds hanabishi ni tori moyô ise-katagami stencils chuban format kachoga iconography flowers plum trees hanabishi pattern geometric plant patterns Pattern cut pattern background grid flower rosettes enclosed rhomboids quadrilateral reserves pair doves small plant motif 19th 20th century Meiji period Japan Template height 41.5 cm width 24.3 cm rectangular sheet brown paper intricate cutout pattern fills image showing repeating floral- lattice daisy-shaped motifs organic curving gaps within three ornate cartouche shapes containing stylized bird rendered delicate cut lines feather details cutwork reveals white background negative spaces creating high contrast occasional small areas dark shadow layers overlap paper plain brown border surrounding central design.

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