This elegant Japanese paper , with a dark purple background , is screen-printed with waves in small golden dots (or samekomon , which recalls the skin of same sharks (shark) and komon (small pattern)).

We invite you to discover our Japanese papers from the “faux-uni” collection .

The paper washi (from Japanese: wa , Japanese and sh i, paper) refers to traditional Japanese papers made from long fibers mainly from mulberry ( kozo ) .

Find out more about the art of Japanese paper , its manufacturing and its particularities in our blog article: “Japanese Washi paper” .

The uniqueness of Japanese paper is that it is very flexible and resistant and lends itself wonderfully to all kinds of creative hobbies such as cardboard making, origami creation, scrapbooking or personalizing furniture and objects.

Some ideas for creations and DIYs using Japanese paper that you can make :

• Make origami cranes , this bird so typical of Japanese art, by following this tutorial for folding the origami crane .
  
  Also discover our Creative Kits , which are made up of the necessary quantity of papers, nicely matched and cut to useful sizes as well as the specialist materials you will need to create, for example, garlands of cranes or horses or origami kokeshi , while being accompanied by a tutorial to assist you step-by-step in your creation. 

• Customize a tea box thanks to our tutorial for personalizing a tea box and by providing yourself with a naked tea box to decorate .
  

• Make origami paper flowers , by consulting our article which contains the Sakura Flower folding tutorial .
  
  You can also discover our Creative Paper Flower Kits which group together by kit: the quantity of papers necessary, nicely matched and cut to useful sizes as well as the supplies you will need to create a bouquet of paper flowers, while being assisted by a tutorial to accompany you step by step. not in your creation.
  

Features :

• Reference : M336
• Screen printed on the front / white on the back
• 2 dimensions available in store or on the e-shop:
  - Large leaf > 96cm by 64cm
  - Half sheet > 48cm by 64cm
  - Quarter sheet > 48cm by 31cm
  
• Grammage : 80g/ ^m2
• Made in Japan in traditional factories in the Kyoto provinces
• Delivery in rolls: our half or large sheets are delivered rolled and protected by tissue paper and corrugated cardboard (delivered neither folded nor cut).