more lovely japanese papers . . .

Gentleman observing nature and contemplating

       Lovely Japanese papers for your cards and letters. I've left the lettering that bleeds through the original printed pages for those of you who love this look as much as I do. These pages unlike the older versions have very little yellow in them... just considering the options, folks. 

• Here is the older, more antique looking set
• Introductions to Japonism for card enthusiasts

Ladies play a game

Nobleman with his servants visit the beach

Japanese fishermen

Large Japanese text including decorative motif

small text in Japanese

tree peonies for card crafts

Tree peony is the vernacular name for the section Moutan of the plant genus Paeonia, or one of the species or cultivars belonging to this section. It consists of shrubs that have perennial aereal woody stems. Other peonies do not have perennial woody stems, but their stems die back after the growing season, to emerge again from buds just below the surface early in the following year. Tree peonies have been in culture in China for millennia, and it is likely that hybrids came into being in gardens, where different wild tree peony species were planted closely together. They are used in China both for medicine and as an ornamental, particularly the hybrids called Paeonia suffruticosa. These hybrids in particular, but other tree peonies too are called 牡丹 (mu dan) in China.

There are two images below of tree peonies thus far. One in color the other in black and white. Read the Terms of Use before including them in your card crafts.

antique japanese floral paper

      This digital paper is free for visitors to use in their personal crafts only. Click directly on the paper to download the largest available size. This print is over 100 years old. The blue flowers and sage green grey leaves are typical of book end papers inspired by Japanese design during the late 1800s.

scrap newsprint papers from old japan

Really nice Japanese alphabet

       Here are four digital papers from an antique Japanese magazine. I've left a bit of age on each for those of you who like a vintage look.  Read the terms here folks before downloading. Click on the images to download the largest file sizes.

 

A Japanese lady dressed in a stylish kimono

lettering and frolicking musicians

Japanese kimono, hair style, lettering

japonism scraps

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Japanese girl with doll

Japan print of junk at sea

Japanese carp kite

Japanese lady with chrysanthemum (2 profiles)