Chiyogami 915Every 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,

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

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

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

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

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

fashionable kimono textiles being produced in the Yuzen area of Kyoto inspired the papermakers to produce small-scale paper imitations intended for use on dolls and tiny household items

Our Chiyogami papers

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

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

Many of the patterns contain highly symbolic imagery

soft and versatile decorative paper ideal for many different applications