Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Small Flower Petal 4Y624 souvenir 31 cm long x 44

31 cm long x 44 cm wide

and the lid is heavy and has a decorative floral finial ball at the top

Item weight:  289 grams

One door handle is missing

The plate is distorted

Antique Japanese Katagami Kimono Paper Stencil Katazome Small Flower Petal 4Y624 souvenir 31 cm long x 44Antique 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 pattern of small flower petals. This antique Katagami was designed during the mid or late Edo period (1860) to early Meiji (1900) in Central Japan. It is made of two or more layers