Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Portfolio of twenty-four Katagami or Japanese paper stencils with floral and ornamental designs.]
Call Number
F-000051
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcfb494q24s
Publisher
[Japan : s.n., ca. 1850]
Language
Japanese
Date Created
1850
Format
Book
Extent
[24] items ; 42 x 27 cm. or smaller
Provenance
GAX copy: Formed part of a collection of printed ephemera with the imprint of the Buntpapierfabrik A.G. Aschaffenburg.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Stencils used for making patterns on kimonos. Includes floral and ornamental designs.
GAX copy: Japanese characters penned on some. One of the stencils has “Katagami” written on it (型紙) in addition to a partial date, which seems to be February (second month) proceeded by the character for tiger, which could refer to the year or to the month, based on the astrological calendar. Another has a date that might indicate the reign date of Kaei, which would date it between 1848 and 1854. A third is stamped “high grade fine pattern.”
Binding Note
GAX copy: In plain brown wrappers housed in contemporary portfolio.

Discovery Information

Subject
Stencil work—Japan
Stencils and stencil cutting—Japan

Physical Characteristics

File Count
24

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cf9c2b94-0abb-40ef-b427-98d535ed038a/manifest