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2. Washi - Wikipedia

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   Sugiharagami (杉原紙), a kind of washi Washi-tape. 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 ...

3. Ise katagami - Wikipedia

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   Ise katagami (伊勢型紙) is the Japanese craft of making paper stencils for dyeing textiles (katagami (型紙)). It is designated one of the Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan. The art is traditionally centered on the city of Suzuka in Mie Prefecture. It is different from ise washi, though both are made in Mie Prefecture.

4. Gampi - Wikipedia

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   Gampi or ganpi [1] are a group of Japanese shrubs, members of the genus Wikstroemia, some of which have been used for making paper since the 8th century. [2] It is used to make the high quality washi paper, as are the kōzo and mitsumata trees. [3] Various sources have identified gampi or ganpi as:

5. 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 ).

6. Mino washi - Wikipedia

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   Mino washi (美濃和紙, Mino paper) is a type of Japanese paper created in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Washi is made from the paper mulberry which is a plant that grows in the city of Mino. In 1985, it was designated a Traditional Craft by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ).

7. Category:Japanese paper - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Japanese paper" ... List of washi This page was last edited on 20 May 2024, at 14:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

8. Papercutting - Wikipedia

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   The washi paper used most predominantly across the world today for paper cutting, bookbinding, tapes and multiple other uses is not tesuki washi but actually Japanese Sekishu washi, a paper developed around 800 AD in the Sekishu region (modern-day Iwami in Japan) [1] and designated a UNESCO Intangible Cultural asset in 2009. [7]

9. Nahoko Kojima - Wikipedia

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   This piece was unveiled in the same year, taking seven months to make and was called Byaku (meaning 'white' in Japanese), a handmade life-sized Polar Bear cut using only one 3m x 3m sheet of white Japanese washi paper. [9] In 2014, Kojima unveiled Washi, a life-sized Bald Eagle made from a single sheet of paper in her debut American show at the ...