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 Brown Colored Stenciled Cotton: Roundels of Wisteria
late nineteenth century55 1/2" x 12 3/4", 141 cm x 32.25 ... (more)
A Length of Edo Komon Dyed Cotton: Minuscule Pattern and Family Crest
kamid nineteenth century38" x 13", 96.5 cm x 33 cm This i... (more)
A Length of Patched Katazome Cotton: Figured Cloth
late nineteenth, early twentieth century61" x 33", 155 cm... (more)
A Length of Boldly Patterned Katazome Cloth: Large Scale Maple Leaves
early twentieth century38" x 13 1/4", 96.5 cm x 33.5 cm W... (more)
A Length of Edo Komon Cloth: Large Butterfly Family Crest
mid nineteenth century39" x 13 3/4", 99 cm x 35 cm This i... (more)
A Katazome Dyed Furoshiki: Deep Indigo Pattern in Crisp Condition
early twentieth century44 1/4" x 33 cm, 112.5 cm x 84 cmT... (more)
A Length of Medium-Sized Figured Cloth: Katazome Dyed Cotton
late nineteenth, early twentieth century32 1/2" x 12 /12"... (more)
A Length of Stenciled Hand Spun Cotton: Unusual Green and Yellow
late nineteenth, early twentieth century68" x 13 3/4", 17... (more)