Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces butcher and that the figure at

and that the figure at right was the impresario--but he wasn't sure of exactly where or the the name

is somewhat frayed but seems stable if one doesn't try to untie it

If purchasing the pair

There is a small clean tear along one long edge which is also a bit irregular from where it was cut out from the album

but it's such a compelling image I think the flaws pretty much fall away

Embossed Antique Japanese Leather Paper (Kinkarakawakami) with Butterflies - 5 Pieces butcher and that the figure atThis listing is for several pieces of fine antique Japanese embossed "leather paper," known as kinkarakawakami, which I purchased from a seller who attained them as part of a lot of Asian antiques. I've barely begun to dig into what seems a very interesting history to this type of embossed paper, which from what I understand was created to mimic the gold embossed calf skin wall coverings from Europe. I've found a few 19th and early 20th c. folding