Katazome
Katazome is a resist dye technique in which a paste of rice flour and bran is applied to cloth through a cut paper stencil. This paste is applied with a flat, blunt tool or a brush: where the paste has been pushed onto the cloth, dye will not penetrate. Dyes can be applied using an immersion method, by hand tinting, or by a combination of these applications, depending on the complexity of the desired effect. If the cloth is to be seen from both sides, the application of rice paste through a stencil is applied to both sides of a cloth, requiring an amazing technical skill for exact registration of the stencil on front and back.
A Rare Blue-on-White Katazome Dyed Han Juban: Sampler Fabric
late nineteenth, early twentieth century26" x 24 1/2", 66... (more)
A Pieced Mat of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Tatewaku and Butterflies
late nineteenth, early twentieth century62 1/4" x 24 1/2"... (more)
A Furoshiki Fashioned from Sakai Sarasa: Luxurious Cotton Cloth from Osaka
mid to late nineteenth century29 1/2" x 23 3/4", 75 cm x ... (more)
A Length of Brown Toned Kumanozome Cotton: Some Damage
late nineteenth century64" x 13 1/4", 162.5 cm x 33.5 cm ... (more)
A Length of Nineteenth Century Katazome Cloth: Delicate, Antique Design
katamid to late nineteenth century33" x 13 1/4", 84 cm x ... (more)
A Faded and Folded Length of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Realistic Woodgrain
early twentieth century70" x 13 1/2", 178 cm x 34 cm This... (more)
A Length of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Complex Design
late nineteenth century23" x 13 3/4", 58.5 cm x 35 cm Thi... (more)
A Length of Heavily Woven Northern Japanese Hemp Cloth: Katazome
late nineteenth century30" x 13 3/4", 76 cm x 35 cm This ... (more)
A Beautifully Misaligned Katazome Design: Dyer's Flub
late nineteenth, early twentieth century29 1/2" x 14", 75... (more)
A Katazome Dyed Cotton Koshimaki: Beautifully Figured Under Kimono
early twentieth century32" x 41", 81 cm x 104 cm This ind... (more)
A Length of Nineteenth Century Katazome Cotton: Highly Unusual Design
late nineteenth century42 1/4" x 13 1/4", 107 cm x 33.5 c... (more)
A Length of Jishiro or Blue-on-White Narumi Kongata Cloth: Plovers
late nineteenth, early twentieth century45" x 13 1/2", 11... (more)
A Length of Katazome Cotton: Folding Fans
late nineteenth, early twentieth century36 1/2" x 12 1/2"... (more)
A Fragment of Dark Toned Katazome: Phoenixes as Roundels
late nineteenth, early twentieth century22" x 13 1/4", 56... (more)
A Length of Indigo Dyed Katazome Cloth: Paulownia and Chrysanthemum
late nineteenth century34 1/4", 13 1/4", 87 cm x 34 cm Th... (more)
A Length of Indigo Dyed Cotton Katazome: Cranes and Young Pine
late nineteenth century34" x 13 1/12", 86.5 cm x 34 cm Th... (more)
A Two Panel Fragment Taken from a Kyogen Costume: Resist Dyed Hemp Cloth
early twentieth century34 1/4" x 31", 87 cm x 79 cm This ... (more)
A Length of Patched Narumi Kongata: One-half of a Han Juban
late nineteenth, early twentieth century54 1/2" x 12 1/4"... (more)