Stencil with Pattern of Landscape with Boat, Hut, and Figures
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Three tiny figures relax near a rustic pavilion in a spare shoreline setting that calls to mind an ink landscape painting. Even the shapes of some of the cutout areas of the stencil resemble the ink strokes that can be found in a painting. A stencil of this type was clearly not meant to create overall patterning. Instead, it might have been used in the making of a kimono decorated with scattered landscape vignettes, reserved in white by applying resist paste through one or more stencils and then dyeing the background. Embroidered and painted details may also have enlivened the scenes.
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