Chiyogami 905Every 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,

A father and son make our Arashi papers in the traditional way in a small Japanese village

handmade paper and you will see the resemblance to a bamboo stalk

To learn more about how Chiyogami is made

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

and the strongest

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

handmade translucent kozo papers you will understand why

A dense and extremely strong handmade kozo paper

Our Chiyogami papers

5 x 11" hand cut sample of this paper is available

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Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils