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Katagami — Flying Fish — Notebook

Katagami — Flying Fish — Notebook

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The document, understood — then kept in use.


The document

A katagami: the hand-cut paper stencil that resist-dyed the cloth of the kimono, and a forerunner of screen-printing. The tool that made textiles — turned into one.

The notebook

The sheet is the cover; the spine carries the title. Inside, eleven pages of archival introduction — where the document comes from, who made it, how it was made, and what it left behind — and then the book gets out of the way: 106 pages to write in, 86 ruled and 20 dot grid.

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About the maker

Ise-Katagami · Suzuka, Japan. The stencil behind the printed textile.

Specifications

  • A5 · 148 × 210 mm
  • Perfect-bound, printed spine
  • 120 pages — 11 archival + 106 to write in (86 ruled, 20 dot grid)
  • 100 gsm uncoated paper
  • Printed on demand in the USA

Katagami · Flying Fish, paper dye-stencil · c. 1900 · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Ise-Katagami · Japan · Accession 1946-104-8 · Public domain · CC0

Notebook details

FormatA5 · 148 × 210 mm · Perfect-bound, printed spine
ContentEleven-page archival introduction — provenance, maker, technique, legacy
Pages120 pages — 11 archival + 106 to write in (86 ruled, 20 dot grid)
Paper100 gsm uncoated
Printed byProdigi, USA · Print on demand
ShippingFree in the US over $75
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