Katagami Textile Stencil with Checkerboard Design of Cherry Petals and Squares of Horizontal Lines

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

Steel with silver filigree

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