Hidakawashi Tengucho Sheet 1.6 gsm 60 x 100cm

The world’s thinnest and strongest Tengu made by Hidakawashi in Kochi, Japan.

Example uses: Used for chigiri-e, pressed flowers, mounting, wrapping, and restoration of old documents.

Material: Kozo fibre (mulberry plant)

Weight: 1.6gsm

Colour: Natural/white

Sheet size: 1000 x 600 mm (untrimmed edges)

Features:

• 7.2 PH
• Often likened to “wings of a mayfy,”
• thin, strong, and transparent
• has a wide variety of restorative uses.

Origins of Tengu from Hidakawashi:

Tosa TENGU (a kind of washi commonly known as Tosa Tengujo-shi in Japanese)
is also referred to as “wings of a mayfly."

Made from high-quality kozo, it is one distinctive kind of handmade washi that is both transparent and flexible.
The place of origin of this paper was not Tosa (an old name for Kochi Prefecture) but Gifu Prefecture, said to be the birthplace of paper in Japan. In the Muromachi period this paper was already being made, and in the Edo period it had various uses such as sketches for woodblock prints, tracing paper, and also in mounting and backing.
Sensing the future of these thin papers, Yoshii Genta placed an order for tengu from Gifu Prefecture, and began research and development on tengu that would be “larger and better quality." In 1880, the experimental forming of large-size tengu was a success. Also, in the following year tengu with a thickness of .03 millimeters was entered into the national exposition. Recognized as thin, working well with ink, and durable enough for typewriting, it received high praise as typewriter paper.