Chiyogami 172 dye such as cranes for long

such as cranes for long life and plum blossoms and pine boughs for beauty and longevity

Our Chiyogami papers

such as tea tins

was developed in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867)

The individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens

Chiyogami 172 dye such as cranes for longEvery sheet of our stunning Japanese Chiyogami paper is meticulously produced by hand. The individual layers of colour are silkscreened on one by one requiring careful registration of screens. The base paper is a combination of kozo and sulphite and the pigments used are fade resistant resulting in a strong, soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications! Chiyogami, which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami), was