Chiyogami 865 795 which means thousand generation (chiyo)

which means thousand generation (chiyo) paper (gami)

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

are used primarily in the making of washi

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

Chiyogami 865 795 which means thousand generation (chiyo)Every 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,