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  2. Washi - Wikipedia

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    Washi (和紙) is traditional Japanese paper processed by hand using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia chrysantha), or the paper mulberry (kōzo) bush. [1] Washi is generally tougher than ordinary paper made from wood pulp, and is used in many traditional arts. Origami, shodō, and ukiyo-e were all ...

  3. Origami paper - Wikipedia

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    Origami paper and a traditional origami crane. Origami paper is the paper used for origami, the art of Japanese paper folding.The only real requirement of the folding medium is that it must be able to hold a crease, but should ideally also be thinner than regular paper for convenience when multiple folds over the same small paper area are required (e.g. such as would be the case if creating an ...

  4. Japanese tissue - Wikipedia

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    Japanese tissue is a thin, strong paper made from vegetable fibers. Japanese tissue may be made from one of three plants, the kōzo plant (Broussonetia papyrifera, paper mulberry tree), the mitsumata (Edgeworthia chrysantha) shrub and the gampi tree (Diplomorpha sikokiana). The long, strong fibers of the kōzo plant produce very strong ...

  5. Yūzen - Wikipedia

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    Yūzen. Yūzen (友禅) is a Japanese resist dyeing technique where dyes are applied inside outlines of dyed or undyed rice-paste resist, which may be drawn freehand or stencilled; the paste keeps the dye areas separated. Originating in the 17th century, the technique became popular as both a way of subverting sumptuary laws on dress fabrics ...

  6. Japanese craft - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese art of making paper from the mulberry plant called washi (和紙) is thought to have begun in the 6th century. Dyeing paper with a wide variety of hues and decorating it with designs became a major preoccupation of the Heian court, and the enjoyment of beautiful paper and its use has continued thereafter, with some modern adaptations.

  7. Yoshio Ikezaki - Wikipedia

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    January 12, 1953 (age 71)) Kitakyushu, Japan. Education. Florida State University. Website. www .yoshioikezaki .net. Yoshio Ikezaki ( 池崎 義男, born January 12, 1953) [1] is a Japanese artist, lecturer, professor, and a master of both washi paper making and sumi-e ink-wash painting. [2] [3] [1] [4] He lives in the United States.

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