Chiyogami 866 891c A father and son make

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

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

Using traditional kimono-printing techniques

and certainly each batch of handmade papers will have slight variations in weight

Chiyogami 866 891c A father and son makeEvery 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,