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"Junishi-mon" is an original Chiyogami pattern that depicts the twelve astrological animal signs that came to Japan from ancient China; rat, bull, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, cock, dog and boar. We have blue, green and red patterns for you to download.
Chiyogami had its beginnings in Kyoto during the Edo period (1603 - 1867). It began with flowers, birds, and other patterns from nature, popular subjects in the Yuzen* patterns, drawn onto Japanese paper. Such paper came to be printed using the woodblock printing technology of Edo (present-day Tokyo), and incorporated other patterns used in colored prints of the day. The paper soon became popular throughout Japan.
*Yuzen: Japanese traditional dyeing technique that originated in the 8th century created by painter Yuzen Miyazaki. |
