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 Length of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Cranes as Diamonds
late nineteenth century25 1/4" x 13 1/4", 65 cm x 33.5 cm... (more)
A Short Length of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Intriguing Design of Arrow Feathers
late nineteenth century19 1/2" x 13 1/4", 49.5 cm x 33.5 ... (more)
A Very Large Katazome Dyed Furoshiki: Traditional Wrapping Cloth
early twentieth century71" x 66", 180.5 cm x 167.5 cm Thi... (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 Beautiful, Dark Toned Katazome Cotton: End Bolt
late nineteenth, early twentieth century57" x 13", 145 cm... (more)
A Large Fragment of Edo Komon Katazome: Hemp Cloth and One Half Family Crest
late nineteenth century26 1/2" x 15 1/2", 67.5 cm x 39.5 ... (more)
A Length of Overdyed Katazome Cotton: Kanji or Chinese Characters
early twentieth century67" x 13", 170 cm x 33 cm This is ... (more)
A Length of Katazome Dyed Cotton: Chrysanthemum and Arabesque
late nineteenth, early twentieth century54" x 13", 137 cm... (more)
A Length of Kumanozome: Distinctive Moire Patterned Cotton
late nineteenth century63 3/4" x 13", 164.5 cm x 33 cmThi... (more)