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 Finely Plied Stencil Dyed Furoshiki: Delicately Woven Cloth
kearly twentieth century39" x 34", 99 cm x 86.5 cm This i... (more)
A Three Panel Katazome Dyed Cotton Furoshiki: Machine Stitched
early twentieth century35" x 36", 89 cm x 91.5 cmThis is ... (more)
A Length of Edo Period Figured Cotton: Curious Vignettes
mid nineteenth century35" x 13 3/4", 89 cm x 33.5 cm Thi... (more)
A Coiled Horse Rein: Decorative Trapping for Festivals
katalate nineteenth, early twentieth century2 1/4" x 5 ya... (more)
A Very Long Piece of Katazome Dyed Cotton: End Bolt and Patches
early twentieth century128" x 13", 325 cm x 33 cm This is... (more)
A Length of Old and Beautiful Katazome Cloth: Hand Spun Yarns
mid to late nineteenth century26" x 14 1/4", 66.5 cm x 36... (more)
A Length of Narumi Kongata: Specialized Katazome Dyeing
late nineteenth, early twentieth century32" x 13 3/4", 81... (more)
A Square of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Playful Arrangements of Capes
early twentieth century18 !/2" x 13", 47 cm x 33 cm This ... (more)
A Length of Beautifully Patterned Sakai Sarasa: Indian Inspired Cotton Cloth
mid nineteenth century32 3/4" x 13 7/8", 83 cm x 35 cm Th... (more)
A Length of Indian Inspired Katazome Cotton: Lush Pattern
late nineteenth, early twentieth century60" x 13 3/4", 15... (more)
A Length of Nineteenth Century Sakai Sarasa: Indian Inspired Cloth from Osaka
mid nineteenth century28 1/2" x 13 1/2", 72.5 cm x 34 cm ... (more)
A Length of Narumi Kongata Cotton: Flying Geese and a Storm
late nineteenth century28" x 13 3/4", 71 cm x 35 cm Narum... (more)
A Generously Long Piece of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Luscious Hand Spun Cotton
late nineteenth century67" x 13 1/2", 120 cm x 34 cm This... (more)
A Length of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Dark and Light, Bold and Delicate
late nineteenth, early twentieth century26" x 12 1/2", 66... (more)
A Length of Boldly Pattered Katazome Cloth: Karakusa
late nineteenth, early twentieth century67" x 12 7/8", 17... (more)
A Length of Large Scale Cranes as Katazome: Rich Pattern
early twentieth century36 1/2" x 13", 92.5 cm x 33 cm Thi... (more)
A Length of Edo Komon Cotton Cloth: Minuscule Design
nineteenth century22" x 14", 56 cm x 35.5 cm This is a le... (more)
A Length of Hand Spun, Hand Woven Katazome Dyed Cotton: Classic Pattern
late nineteenth, early twentieth century58" x 13", 147.5 ... (more)