Seikosen Mitsumata Long 50g Handmade Japanese Paper Heritage Washi
Seikosen Mitsumata Long 50g Handmade Japanese Paper Heritage Washi
Fibre: 100% Japanese (Tosa) mitsumata
Weight: 50g
Size: 25.5” x 70.5" / 64 x 179 cm
Usage: Conservation, Repair, Printmaking, Relief Print, Shodo, Brush Painting, Oil Based, Water Based
Excellent for all media though it's a favorite for woodcut, sumi-e and shodo (brush writing).
Produced by four generations of one family in Kochi prefecture.
A top quality handmade paper, Seikosen Mitsumata is dried on traditional pine boards and so has a slight woodgrain texture on its surface. Sunlight and mountain stream bleached, cooked with lime. Mitsumata fibre has a warm natural tone and is shorter than kozo resulting in a softer paper.