Chiyogami 478 Size:Handcut - 8.5 x 11” such as tea tins

such as tea tins

such as cranes for long life and plum blossoms and pine boughs for beauty and longevity

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

was developed in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867)

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

Chiyogami 478 Size:Handcut - 8.5 x 11” such as tea tinsEvery sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand. The individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens. The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong, soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications! To learn more about how Chiyogami is made, click here. Chiyogami,