http://www.viewingjapaneseprints.net/texts/topictexts/artist_varia_topics/stencil3.html
http://www.viewingjapaneseprints.net/texts/ukiyoetexts/ukiyoe_pages/nagahide4.html
Stencil printing is called kappazurie in Japan. "The paper most widely used in Japan is called shibugami, made from several layers of kozo paper laminated with persimmon tannin." We still use this kind of paper; actually I have a fan made from shibugami. They make several screen prints just like woodblock prints according to how many colors they'd use. They print from lighter colors to darker colors, and then the key impression stencil is used on the colored paper. "If the stencil pattern has thin lines that can be reinforced with silk gauze." I reinforced thin lines by adding another sheet of paper. Information from the second website says stencil prints were used because they were less expensive and faster than the woodblock prints. It is hard to see the difference between stencil prints and woodblock prints!
By the way, I totally failed in the last try of the stencil print. I was going to use the bubbles over the fall scene, but the bubbles wouldn't print on the painted eagle. Also I somehow thought I could use the same bubbles, but the while acrylic on the bubbles came off and got stuck on my eagle. If I had time, I will redo it, but (sorry) Sears repair men are coming with compressor on Tuesday, so I have to stay home again. I liked the way the last stencil work turned out, so I will do it when I have time; I won't use the bubbles for the retry.
Yoshitoshi Mori
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