Chiyogami 426Every sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand. The individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens. The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong, soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications! Chiyogami, which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami), was

such as tea tins

To learn more about how Chiyogami is made

like fabrics

was developed in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867)

The fashionable kimono textiles being produced in the Yuzen area of Kyoto inspired the papermakers to produce small-scale paper imitations intended for use on dolls and tiny household items

5 x 11" hand cut sample of this paper is available with free shipping to North America

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The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

They will easily flatten out when rolled in the opposite direction

soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications

Every sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand