Ferns and Ivy, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Ferns and ivy are speratically placed throughout the motif. Small ivy leaves are huddled together in mini clusters attached to long vines connected from top to bottom. Larger ivy leaves are inverted so the veins of the leaf are what remain. The silk threads are cross hatched to support the delicate pattern., Japan, late 18th - early 19th century, textile designs, Katagami, Katagami

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