Caption

Dyeing stencil katagami cut into a swarm of butterflies; maker, 19th century, Japan; ise-katagami; stencil; height 41.0 cm, width 25.3 cm; Japanese art; butterflies; materials/technique: dyeing stencil., A large rectangular dark brown surface fills the image with a textured, mottled appearance and slightly darker edges; across the upper central area there is a dense pattern of small white short marks and white dotted curved lines forming repeating cluster shapes, creating an overall lace-like or stitched appearance against the brown background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_031

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.3Mb (6.0Mb) / 17.7in x 10.8in / 5297 x 3250 (300dpi)

Keywords

Dyeing stencil katagami cut swarm butterflies maker 19th century Japan ise-katagami stencil height 41.0 cm width 25.3 cm Japanese art materials technique dyeing large rectangular dark brown surface fills image textured mottled appearance slightly darker edges across upper central area dense pattern small white short marks white dotted curved lines forming repeating cluster shapes creating lace- stitched appearance brown background.