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Chiyogami Samples

This is a collection of chiyogami design samples. Chiyogami is Japanese paper with patterns printed on it by woodblock printing, and in the Edo period (1603-1867), ukiyo-e artists sometimes drew designs on the paper to serve as underpainting.

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

千代かみ御見本

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The NDL Image Bank is a public-domain digital gallery of the National Diet Library, the national library in Japan. Our website has thousands of out-of-copyright Japanese artworks and images from our library’s extensive collection!

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The NDL Digital Exhibitions features the NDL’s unique collections with explanations covering various themes such as nishiki-e, landscape photographs and historical materials. Discover your favorites!