Made in Japan · Washi Paper
Washi Paper
Handmade washi is strong enough to last a thousand years and soft enough to filter light. These are the paper-making villages where Japan still forms every sheet by hand.
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Echizen Washi
越前和紙 · Echizen, Fukui
1,500 years of papermaking in a single Fukui valley — the paper of scrolls, screens, and even Japan's banknotes. Held to the light, good washi glows.
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Mino Washi
美濃和紙 · Mino, Gifu
1,300 years of papermaking in a Gifu valley, so fine and even it was chosen for shōji screens and the restoration of world treasures. Held to the light, a sheet glows without a flaw.
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Tosa Washi
土佐和紙 · Ino, Kōchi
Kōchi's paper, among the thinnest and strongest on earth — tissue-light 'tengujō' so fine that museums use it to mend ancient books and paintings. Made where clean rivers run to the Pacific.