The technique for making Sekishu (Banshi Tsuru) washi is designated by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and by Japan as an Intangible Cultural Property. Traditionally used for brush writing, Sekishu is strong and absorbent; excellent for conservation, printmaking, drawing, painting, and dyeing. These papers were discussed in Helen’s conversation with Nancy Jacobi of The Japanese Paper Place. Click here to watch a video of Sekishu Banshi Tsuru being made.

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Sekishu, Heritage Washi, Handmade, Gampi

Sekishu Toriniko Gampi Handmade Japanese Paper (Heritage Washi)

Sekishu, Heritage Washi, Handmade, Gampi

$38.75

A beautiful handmade paper made with 100% Japanese (Okayama) gampi. One long edge has a folded over deckle. Excellent for pen and ink, layering, intaglio and especially chine-colle. Cooked with soda ash and dried on wooden boards. Heritage Washi (HW)

Sheet size: 21” x 29" / 530 x 740 mm

Weight: 20g

Fiber: 100% Japanese (Okayama) gampi

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Conservation Paper, Fine Art, Handmade, Heritage Washi, Kozo, Natural Paper, Sekishu, Shifu

Sekishu Banshi Tsuru Handmade 25g Japanese Paper

Conservation Paper, Fine Art, Handmade, Heritage Washi, Kozo, Natural Paper, Sekishu, Shifu

$23.75

A Heritage Washi — Handmade with three deckle edges · unsized

Weight: 25g

Size: 21 x 29.25"

100% Japanese kozo with 60% cleaned green bark

Kozo, Heritage Washi, Handmade, Fine Art, Conservation Paper, Sekishu, Shifu

Sekishu Mare 25g Handmade Japanese Kozo Washi / Paper

Kozo, Heritage Washi, Handmade, Fine Art, Conservation Paper, Sekishu, Shifu

$22.75

Sekishu Mare Handmade Japanese Paper

Fiber: 100% Japanese kozo, (60% cleaned green bark) / Unsized / Four deckle edges

Weight: 25g

Size: 21” x 29”

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Sekishu Kozogami 22g Handmade Japanese Washi / Paper (Heritage Washi)

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Sekishu Kozogami 22g Handmade Japanese Washi / Paper (Heritage Washi)

Sekishu, Heritage Washi, Kozo, Handmade, Conservation, Conservation Paper

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Sekishu Kozogami is a beautiful handmade washi. It is aslightly absorbent and suitable for watercolour, drawing, and printmaking including intaglio. Made from 100% Japanese (Sekishu) kozo fibre that is cooked with soda ash. The sheets are dried outside on traditional ginko wood panels. This is a sheet that is designated Heritage Washi.

Sheet size: 24.5” x 39.75” / 625mm x 1010mm

Weight: 22g

Fiber: 100% Sekishu Kozo

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Osaki Family Papers

The current papermaker, Akari Kataoka, is the fourth-generation head of Osaki Paper, a family-run workshop based in the unspoiled landscape of Niyodogawa in Shikoku Japan. These premiums sheets of the finest examples of Japanese paper making have been designated as “Heritage Washi”. These papers were discussed in Helen HIebert’s interview with Nancy Jacobi of The Japanese Paper Place.

Watch a video of the paper making process at Osaki Paper, produced by Citizen Watches. https://youtu.be/ard0JUWlaA4?si=sA_W-XC5Qydtkd1y

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Seichosen Kozo Yotsuban 50g Handmade Japanese Paper Heritage Washi

$62.75

A top quality handmade paper, Seichosen Kozo is dried on traditional wooden boards and so has a slight woodgrain texture on its surface. Sunlight & mountain stream bleached, cooked with lime. Excellent for all media though it's a favorite for woodcut, sumi-e and shodo (brush writing). Made by the Osaki family in Kochi. Heritage Washi (HW)

Fibre Content: 100% Japanese kozo

Usage: Conservation, Repair, Printmaking, Relief Print, Oil Based, Water Based, Brush Painting, Shodo

Weight: 50g

Size Imperial: 29 x 40"

Size Metric: 73.5 x 101.5 cm

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Seichosen Kozo Long Handmade Heritage Washi / Japanese Paper

$74.50

Fibre Content: 100% Japanese kozo

Weight: 35g

Size: 25.5 x 70.5" / 64 x 179 cm

Usage: Conservation, Repair, Printmaking, Relief Print, Oil Based, Water Based, Shodo, Brush Painting

A top quality handmade paper Seichosen Kozo is dried on traditional wooden boards and so has a slight woodgrain texture on its surface. Excellent for all media though it's a favorite for woodcut, sumi-e and shodo (brush writing). Sunlight & mountain stream bleached, cooked with lime. Made by the Osaki family in Kochi.

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Seikosen Mitsumata Long 50g Handmade Japanese Paper Heritage Washi

$58.75

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.

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Samplers and Assortments

These curated assortments offer a way to review and test with a range of fine Japanese papers in a category. The four sets shown here, variously include selections from the sheets highlighted above and on Helen Hiebert’s “Paper Talk” podcast. Additional sets available at https://www.washiarts.com/washi-paper-assortments/

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Highlighting Japanese Papers from Helen Hiebert’s Podcast “Paper Talk”

Sekishu Mare Handmade Japanese Paper