Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Floral Pattern 4Y665 candlestick Blue flower in the white

Blue flower in the white square (Platycodon grandiflorus)

Mikumaodori doll

called Daruma in Japan

discolorations

A diagonally cut hexagon rod makes this figurine

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Floral Pattern 4Y665 candlestick Blue flower in the whiteAntique Japanese Katagami Kimono Stencil Japanese Katagami is a stencil pattern for dyeing textiles used for printing designs and patterns on kimono and other fabric items. Using traditional mulberry paper, this katagami stencil with no silk mesh backing features a simple floral pattern. It is likely a simplified form of a chrysanthemum. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to early Meiji (1900) in Central Japan.