Chiyogami 930 894 fashionable kimono textiles being produced

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

click here

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

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

Soft wisps of variegated kozo are added to a finer pulp to create a texture and colour reminiscent of a morning sky

Chiyogami 930 894 fashionable kimono textiles being producedEvery 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,