Chiyogami decorative papers

Chiyogami papers are famed for the brilliance of their inks. Modern litho printing deceives the eye into seeing colours when actually they are seeing an intricate pattern of small dots. The Chiyogami inks are solid colours of pigment ~ carefully laid onto the paper through a fine silk screen. The tiny mesh imperfections close up and are not discernible.

Once a printing screen has been made it can be used for a variety of coloured inks. Our  illustration shows the pattern called Trellis in three different colourways. Only a few of the several hundred designs are repeated in this manner.