Ivory Cream Echizen Washi Paper & Envelope Set
Echizen is the birthplace of Japanese washi paper and continues to produce the finest washi paper in the country. The paper has an almost indescribable richness and quality springing from its strength and suppleness, while also having a fine surface quality full of warmth and texture that only handmade paper boasts.
The set contains 10 sheets of paper plus 5 envelopes. The paper is soft and smooth with beautiful fibrous edges. With its rich cream colour, this set has a refined look, suitable for business or pleasure. Paper and envelopes are packaged with the label from the maker that reads “Pure Echizen Paper” (in Japanese).
- Paper: 25cm (9.8-in) x 16cm (6.3-in)
- Envelopes: 20.5cm (8-in) x 9cm (3.5-in)
- 10 sheets of paper, 5 envelopes in one set
- Ivory cream colour
- Authentic Echizen paper, environmentally-friendly
Echizen Echizen is a small city near the Sea of Japan with a long tradition of paper making. Papermakers there were once given the honour of creating Japan’s paper currency from the start of the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Legend has it that some 1,500 years ago, a beautiful princess came to the village of Okatagawa and taught the people there how to make paper.