Chiyogami 750Every 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! To learn more about how Chiyogami is made, click here. Chiyogami,

such as tea tins

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

and aided by paste and "Kojiro" (soy bean juice)

While beautiful and decorative – perfect for framing – these papers are also incredibly strong

are stored in bolts

these elegant bold patterned papers were developed in Kyoto during the 20th century by an inspired soul

Our Chiyogami papers

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

making them ideal for covering books and boxes

5 x 11" hand cut sample of this paper is available with free shipping to North America

"Katazome-shi" literally means stencil-dyed papers

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques