Traditional Abstract Motifs
date: label: Date
content: late 18th - early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Many of these Japanese motifs originated from China. During ceremonial occasions, in Japan, people wore interlaced circles, medallions, and other abstract designs. This stencil has ink stamps of other designs that would be carved into a different stencil to allow for the use of multiple colors. The lower half of the stencil contains Japanese characters.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-128-57
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Katagami
label: Type
content: Katagami
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)