Caption

Katagami dyeing stencil; pattern of densely arranged birds in flight, ise-katagami stencil, Meiji period 1868–1912, late 19th–early 20th century, Japan; stencil; height 39.7 cm, width 24.7 cm; Japanese art, stencils., A rectangular section filled with a repeating bird motif cut out in white sits against a textured dark brown and gray background; the birds are stylized with simple outlines and wing shapes, appearing in a continuous pattern across the rectangle, and there are a few small areas where the white cutouts reveal underlying rust-colored patches; the surrounding surface shows crinkled, leathery texture in shades of deep brown, charcoal gray, and muted reddish-brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_042

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.7Mb (3.8Mb) / 16.4in x 10.6in / 4928 x 3167 (300dpi)

Keywords

Katagami dyeing stencil pattern densely arranged birds flight ise-katagami stencil Meiji period 1868–1912 late 19th–early 20th century Japan height 39.7 cm width 24.7 cm Japanese art stencils rectangular section filled repeating bird motif cut white sits textured dark brown gray background stylized simple outlines wing shapes appearing continuous pattern across rectangle small areas white cutouts reveal underlying rust-colored patches surrounding surface crinkled leathery texture shades deep brown charcoal gray muted reddish-brown.