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Mica pressed from woodblocks onto paper by hand, so the pattern appears and vanishes as the light moves.
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Karakami is paper that came from China, or paper made in imitation of it. In the Heian period it was used as highly decorative paper for calligraphy and letters. From around the medieval period it was used mainly as a kind of processed paper pasted on sliding doors (fusuma). In terms of production area and characteristics, it divides into two lines: Kyo-karakami and Edo-karakami. A stream flows from the ridges such as Takagamine, Washigamine and Shakadani-yama, which stretch in the northwest of Kyoto. It flows south, passes between Kitano Tenmangu and Hirano Shrine, flows west, eventually joins the Omuro River, flows south again, and empties into the Katsura River.
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Founded / opened：Edo period Highlights / collection：Mica printed with woodblocks, Papers for sliding doors and walls Genre：Crafts and ceramics, Ukiyo-e and prints
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