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Japanese

Textile-printing stencil (kumo katagami), 1850–1907

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Japanese

Title

Textile-printing stencil (kumo katagami)

Year

1850–1907

Medium

Mulberry paper (kozo) with fermented persimmon tannin stain (kakishibu)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • persimmon tannin,
  • Mulberry paper

Dimensions

31 x 41 cm (12 3/16 x 16 1/8 inches) for most of the group of stencils #07.005 - #07.116X

Type

  • Decorative Arts,
  • Tools

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

07.116X

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Art and Design of Spider Silk

September 27, 2019 - April 19, 2020

Used to resist-print textiles, this stencil was made from a web of natural fibers. Kozo bast fibers from the mulberry tree were boiled in a vat, pounded into pulp, swirled with a gelatinous material, and drawn out with a reed strainer. The resulting mass dried into a strong and stable base. A fermented persimmon stain (kakishibu) was then brushed on, preserving and waterproofing the paper, into which a craftsperson carved the design. The spiders and web were depicted using the thrust-carving (tsukibori) technique. Rice paste (mochiko) would have been brushed through the stencil and the process repeated over the length of a textile. Once the paste dried, the fabric was submerged in a dye vat.

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