Antique Japanese Katagami Textile Stencil with Cranes, Branches, and Handwritten Notes for the cocktail party The box is in great

The box is in great structural shape

Some of his paintings show nail holes

They each measure 2 5/8" tall x 2 1/2" long x 3/8" thick

I believe it might be chalk

Antique Japanese Katagami Textile Stencil with Cranes, Branches, and Handwritten Notes for the cocktail party The box is in greatThis is a Japanese "katagami" paper stencil, made of layers of mulberry paper laminated together and treated with kakishibu persimmon tannin that lends durability and water resistence. Paper stencil like this were traditionally used for patterning textiles, especially kimono fabric, using a resist dyeing process called katazome. I am not at all an expert but find them quite beautiful things, and really love the (all handcut) pattern on this one, with