Caption

A katagami dyeing stencil for painting kimono, cut into a koshi check ornament with small floral rosettes woven into it, ise-katagami, Japanese art, Japanese culture, ca. 1850 Edo period, Japan, stencil; height 40.1 cm, width 24.3 cm., The image shows a rectangular pattern of repeating geometric cutouts set against a dark background, with a band of intricate latticework near the top and middle and a large darker area below. The lattice consists of a group of diamond-shaped motifs with diagonal striped elements and small floral-like shapes at their centers, creating a grid of connected octagonal and square openings. The predominant colors visible are black, white, and shades of gray, with the white areas forming the cutout pattern and the black and gray tones forming the surrounding background and textured lower field. The overall composition is framed by a narrow lighter border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_030

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Rights managed

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46.7Mb (5.4Mb) / 17.8in x 10.2in / 5331 x 3061 (300dpi)

Keywords

A katagami dyeing stencil painting kimono cut koshi check ornament small floral rosettes woven ise-katagami Japanese art Japanese culture ca 1850 Edo period Japan height 40.1 cm width 24.3 cm image rectangular pattern repeating geometric cutouts set dark background band intricate latticework near top middle large darker area lattice consists group diamond-shaped motifs diagonal striped elements small floral- shapes centers creating grid connected octagonal square openings predominant colors visible black white shades gray white areas forming cutout pattern gray tones forming surrounding background textured lower field composition framed narrow lighter border.