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CHIRIMEN CREPE - handmade of 100% sulphite pulp. Brilliant matte colors are screen printed onto the sheets which are then hand creped in two directions, giving the papers a fabric-like feel and texture. No deckles.

ECHIZEN WASHI DECORATIVES

Machine made from kozo and sulphite pulp. Available in a wide variety of colors and patterns. No deckles.

ASAGIRI - White with shiny white irregular lines and iridescent flecks.

BENIBANA - White with bits of saffron flowers.

BAMBOO LEAVES - solid color sheets with a white cut out of bamboo leaves on one side allowing the color to show through.

Patterns:

GIRA KOSHIDO - solid background with traditional lattice design made of the same color of shiny, rayon fibers.

GIRA NAGASHI*- shiny moire pattern on flat background of same color

* Nagashi refers to the Japanese marbling process known as suminagashi, in that these sheets are meant to emulate the marbled look.

GIRA UME - shiny white background with traditional Japanese floral pattern

HANA GATAMI - solid colors with white and black threads and silver flecks

KIMONO - solid background with traditional geometric fabric designs

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KINGIN FURI - flecked with gold and silver and embedded with white threads.

KOSHIJI - solid color with white and colored fibers

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KYOTO - solid background with large, multicolored flecks

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KASUGAMI & CHIRI

NOWAKI - white with assorted, random strips of pastel colored papers.

SAIKO - solid colors with shiny, fine fibers

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SHIN-MOMI - crinkle textured crepe papers.

CHIRI - handmade from kozo fiber and sulphite pulp. Cold pressed surface with 4 deckles. Tan, blecked with fibers and dark brown flakes; in sheets and available in machine made rolls. Lightly or Heavily Speckled.

KASUGAMI - handmade from kozo, hemp and sulphite pulp. Colored paper with mulberry bark chips; 4 deckles.

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KOZO WITH BLACK BARK - handmade from 100% kozo. Natural with black kozo bark inclusions. 4 deckles.

KOZO WITH BLACK BARK CREPE - handmade from  100% kozo; hand creped. Natural with black kozo bark inclusions. 4 deckles.

MULBERRY BARK - handmade from  100% mulberry fiber. Cold pressed surface with 4 deckles. Tan flecked with dark brown bark chips. Visible fibers..

OTHER SPECKLED PAPERS

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Khadi Banana; Washi Wove Light with Bark Flecks; Lokta w/Sawdust Green; Lokta w/Sawdust Natural; Lokta w/Nettles; Thai Tobacco Leaves; Thai Mulberry Leaves; Thai Chiri Unryu; Thai Chiri Unryu Momi; Thai Chiri Natural, Heavy Speckles; Patchwork Chiri; Thai Unryu Chiri; Unryu Reversible Olive/Chiri; Unryu Reversible Teal/Chiri; Speckletone; Casca de Cebola

KINKAMI - handmade of 100% kozo. A white paper hand-painted black with silver flecks; 4 deckles.

KYOSEI-SHI - hand formed and dyed crepe papers of kozo and sulphite pulp. 4 deckles.

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MOMIGAMI MACHINEMADE - 100% sulphite pulp. White sheets with color on one side embossed with a crepe texture. No deckles.

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Momi  with Mica Flakes in the Japanese Metallic Section at the bottom of this page.

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Cave Crackle Flax; Foil Paper Crepes; Danshi; Wyndstone Kobok; Fortuny Crepe;  Lokta Momi; Chiri Unryu Momi HW; Crinkled with Gold; Thai Luster; Thai Marbled Momi; Thai Unryu Momi; Thai Metallic Momi; Thai Unryu Reversible; Thai Stars; Vista; Hindumomi; Leatherite Krinkle; India Metallic Krinkle

MACHINE MADE

DECORATIVE PAPERS

ASAIRI - machine made from kozo and sulphite pulp. Translucent, natural toned background flecked with multi-colored threads. 4 deckles.

ASAMASHI - machine made from kozo and sulphite pulp. No deckles. Natural flecked with straw.

BACHELOR'S BUTTONS - machine made from kozo, rayon and sulphite pulp. Floral pattern of shiny rayon fibers on a solid background of the same color. No deckles.

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HAGAKURI BROWN - machine made from sulphite pulp and rayon. Light olive green background is covered with subtle leaf pattern made of shimmery light brown rayon fibers. No deckles.

KARAKUSA - machine made from kozo and sulphite pulp. Solid base sheets have a tendril pattern made of shiny white rayon fibers. No deckles.

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LEATHER FLECKED TISSUE *limited quantities available - machine made from synthetic fibers, sulphite pulp and colored leather shavings.

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RIVIERE - machine made from sulphite pulp. Solid color sheets with a swirling random pattern of shiny and dull rayon fibers. No deckles.

TANABATA FESTIVAL

Tanabata, also known as the "star festival", takes place on the 7th day of the 7th month of the year, when, according to a Chinese legend, the two stars Altair and Vega, which are usually separated from each other by the milky way, are able to meet. In the night of July 7, people put little bamboo trees in their garden. They also hang papers with wishes written on it on that tree in the hope they become true. One popular Tanabata custom is to write one's wishes on a piece of paper, and hang that piece of paper on a specially erected bamboo tree, in the hope that the wishes become true. Colorful Tanabata festivals are held across Japan in early July and August. Among the biggest and most famous ones are the Tanabata Festivals of Sendai in August and Hiratsuka near Tokyo in July As many other Japanese traditions, Tanabata has its origin in a Chinese tradition but has become distinctively Japanese over the centuries. On the day before “Tanabata,” the Japanese express best wishes by writing on a piece of colored paper and tying it to the branches of bamboo trees found in front of the house. It is believed that prayers uttered and hanged on bamboo trees on the evening of “Tanabata” will be granted. It appears, however, that today’s society feels less inclined to celebrate this celestial event. Yet, for some the belief is as clearly evident today as it was decades past.