Caption

Katagami dyeing stencil with a stylized checkered pattern kawari ichimatsu, unknown author, ise-katagami stencil in chuban format, geometric checkered ornament, Meiji period, 2nd half of the 19th century Japan, stencil; height 41.1 cm, width 25.8 cm., A large dark textured surface fills the image with a rectangular area near the top made up of a dense grid of small light dots forming repeating geometric patterns, surrounded by the darker background. The visible colors are dark gray and black for the background texture and white for the dot pattern, with subtle variations of lighter and darker gray in the textured areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_010

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.7Mb (6.3Mb) / 16.7in x 10.0in / 4997 x 2986 (300dpi)

Keywords

Katagami dyeing stencil stylized checkered pattern kawari ichimatsu unknown author ise-katagami stencil chuban format geometric ornament Meiji period 2nd half 19th century Japan height 41.1 cm width 25.8 cm large dark textured surface fills image rectangular area near top up dense grid small light dots forming repeating geometric patterns surrounded darker background visible colors dark gray black background texture white dot pattern subtle variations lighter darker gray textured areas.