Katagami Textile Stencil with Double Interlaced Circle Design

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving), "dōgubori" (punch-carving), and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques

Carved and engraved wood; ten bordered columns of text per recto and per verso; twenty two characters per column. Text in Chinese characters.

Metal stencil for pochoir

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard