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CHIGIRIE
Chigirie(Paper painting)
-----What is it?
Reference books
Chigirie tools
Chigirie kit
Chigirie gallery
JAPANESE
PAPER GOODS
IKI coaster
UKIYOE coaster
NINGYO shiori
Paper baloon
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GLOSSARY
atsu- : thick
-gami(-kami) : paper
harusame : spring rain
itajime : clamped between pieces of wood
kami(gami) : paper
muji- : plain-color
mura- : ombre, shading
nagare- : stream
unryu : dragon-in-cloud
usu- : thin
washi : japanese paper
-zome : dyed

Thinness comparison of major washi papers


Beginning at the top, the right half of each image below is covered
by major washi papers in sequence of extra thin to thick.
We hope that you can get the sense of each paper's "thinness"
from the images, rather than "thickness."


Extra thin
(Usugami
gokuusu)
Very thin
(Usugami)
Middle-thick
(Usukouzowashi)
(Harusameshi)
Thick
(Atsuwashi)
(Unryushi)