Caption

A katagami dyeing stencil cut into a pattern composed of small crosses, squares, and lines against a dense grid. Pattern: scattered on a fine grid are small squares, a + sign, and a figure resembling a mirror T. 19th/20th century Meiji period, 1868–1912. Japan. Stencil ise-katagami. Height 43.0 cm; width 25.3 cm., A rectangular sheet with a textured background in shades of brown fills the image, featuring a large lighter rectangular area near the top made up of a dense grid of small pale dots that form a repeating geometric pattern with gaps and blocky shapes; the lower portion shows darker brown with subtle variations in tone and soft stains, and there are small pale specks and a vertical darker streak near the lower center.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_032

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.1Mb (5.8Mb) / 17.7in x 10.1in / 5318 x 3029 (300dpi)

Keywords

A katagami dyeing stencil cut pattern composed small crosses squares lines dense grid Pattern scattered fine grid small squares + sign figure resembling mirror T 19th 20th century Meiji period 1868–1912 Japan Stencil ise-katagami Height 43.0 cm width 25.3 cm rectangular sheet textured background shades brown fills image featuring large lighter rectangular area near top up small pale dots form repeating geometric pattern gaps blocky shapes lower portion darker brown subtle variations tone soft stains small pale specks vertical darker streak near lower center.