Katagami
Geometric Pattern Imitating Warp Ikat (Kasuri)
Maker unrecorded. mid 18th - early 19th century. Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire). Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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- Cloth pretending to be cloth.Cooper Hewitt identifies this katagami as a geometric pattern imitating warp ikat, or kasuri.
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- Cloth pretending to be cloth.Technique translated · How do you print the appearance of something woven? (The museum identifies a technique relationship. It does not identify a particular source cloth or an impression made with this stencil.)
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- Geometrymotif · Artologium visual observation · Source ↗
- Geometric fieldrepeat structure · Artologium visual observation · Source ↗
- Papermaterial · Institution record · Source ↗
- Stencil cutting (katagami)technique · Institution record · Source ↗
- Warp ikat weaving (kasuri)imitated technique · Institution record · Source ↗
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KatagamiObject type
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Katagami
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
PaperMaterial
Paper recorded in the object's medium.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
SilkMaterial
Silk recorded in the object's medium.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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