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Hand carving bookmark. This “Hand carving bookmark” of Ise paper pattern is a set of three bookmarks, which comes in a small Japanese paper bag. Each book mark has a fine pattern and other design with Japanese taste. Although they are small artworks, they are ornamented with fine carvings and have been popular items among our customers for a long time. They look good as an ornament for interior decoration, and they are a perfect gift to anybody including people living abroad. Tannin paper is used for this product due to the nature of the product, and it can be used for dyeing post cards and handkerchieves, if they are treated gently. Partial enlargement(It shows the 3 designs of bookmarks together.)

The brown color papar are made with 3 sheets of Japanese paper. They are glued together with tannin liquid and then dried and go through smoking process. This procedure is repeated again and finally completed as tannin paper after one and half months of procedure. These are tiny art works of special chisel carving created by superb carvers, who will pass their traditional skills to the next generation. Please handle these bookmarks gently, since the tannin paper (ground paper) used for carvings are quite thin.
The tannin paper can be used for dyeing, if they are treated gently, but please also understand that there is some cases in which some of the fine parts such as small holes may be difficult to dye.