Chiyogami 910 crocodiles Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the

Using persimmon-dyed kozo as the stencils

fashionable kimono textiles being produced in the Yuzen area of Kyoto inspired the papermakers to produce small-scale paper imitations intended for use on dolls and tiny household items

They will easily flatten out when rolled in the opposite direction

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

For this reason

Chiyogami 910 crocodiles Using persimmon-dyed kozo as theEvery 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! Chiyogami, which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami), was