tsugigami　継紙

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A method of paper decoration *ryoushi soushoku 料紙装飾. Two or more sheets of paper of different color and/or quality are joined together to make one sheet, to create various decorative effects including an impression of depth. There are three types of tsugigami : 1) Kiritsugi 切継 (cut and join), paper cut with sharp edges, with either straight or curved lines and then joined; 2) Yaburitsugi 破継 (tear and join), hand torn paper with irregular seams that is joined together; 3) Kasanetsugi 重継 (overlap and join), five sheets of paper of different color are laid on a bottom sheet of white paper, leaving 1-2mm of each sheet showing. The effect is a gradual gradation from light to dark. Tsugigami was used for writing poems and stories, and the best examples can be found in the early 12c anthology Sanjuurokuninshuu 三十六人集 from Nishihonganji 西本願寺, Kyoto.

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