Caption

Katagami dyeing stencil; geometric-floral pattern stylized after the traditional Chinese brocade pattern syokko; maker, Japanese; Meiji period 1868–1912; ise-katagami stencil with brocade ornaments; 19th–20th century; stencil; height 40.3 cm, width 23.6 cm., A rectangular sheet with a dark border surrounds an inner panel of intricate cutwork forming a repeating geometric and floral pattern; the border is a deep brownish-black and shows subtle texture and creases, while the inner cutwork is dark against a bright white background, creating high contrast. The cutwork panel contains a grid-like arrangement of oval and octagonal shapes alternating with stylized floral motifs and small decorative curlicues, all rendered in the same dark color as the border, with areas of white visible through the openwork. The overall composition is flat and centered within a clean white surrounding, and the visible colors are dark brownish-black and white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_047

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56.2Mb (5.8Mb) / 18.6in x 11.7in / 5591 x 3511 (300dpi)

Keywords

Katagami dyeing stencil geometric-floral pattern stylized traditional Chinese brocade pattern syokko maker Japanese Meiji period 1868–1912 ise-katagami stencil brocade ornaments 19th–20th century height 40.3 cm width 23.6 cm rectangular sheet dark border surrounds inner panel intricate cutwork forming repeating geometric floral pattern border deep brownish-black subtle texture creases inner cutwork dark bright white background creating high contrast cutwork panel contains grid- arrangement oval octagonal shapes alternating stylized floral motifs small decorative curlicues rendered dark color areas white visible openwork composition flat centered within clean white surrounding visible colors dark brownish-black white.