Antique Japanese Ise Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Vertical Stripe A837 copper Kanji on the box lid:

Kanji on the box lid: Aka-Shino ware

28 cm long x 30 cm wide x 27 cm tall

The lid is embellished with an engraved pattern of a cherry blossom

a colony in Manchuria

reed grass

Antique Japanese Ise Katagami Paper Kimono Stencil Katazome Vertical Stripe A837 copper Kanji on the box lid:Antique Japanese Ise Katagami Kimono Stencil Katazome Japanese Katagami is a stencil pattern for dyeing textiles used for printing designs and patterns on kimono and other fabric items. Using traditional mulberry washi paper, this Ise katagami stencil features an elegant vertical stripe pattern that consists of lines made of tiny dots. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to early Meiji (1900) in Central Japan.