Paper weight: 88 g/sqm
Fiber raw material: 100% pulp
size: 0,79 x 20 m
Machine paper
Application:
Japico's Genki paper is a simple, inexpensive painting and drawing paper on a roll e.g. for designing, sketching, drawing, painting and for prints - to be used. By working from the rolls, individual format cuts of up to 20 m are possible.
Japan papers are a generic term for papers with special properties, initially produced only in Japan, but now also in other countries. Japico has been importing papers from Japan since 1924. Since then, the company has maintained close personal contacts with numerous traditional papermakers in Japan, who produce their handmade papers (washi). Furthermore, business relationships have existed for many decades with the most important producers of machine-made Japanese papers. This has enabled Japico to supply papers of excellent quality and variety for many decades.
Our main customers for our widely appreciated Japanese papers include restorers and bookbinders on the one hand, and graphic artists and artists on the other. Restorers and bookbinders appreciate our wide range of different papers, both in sheets and in rolls. Our product range extends from particularly thin papers (from 1.6 gsm) to heavy grammages (up to 70 gsm). Papers made of cozo fibers in particular stand for papers with the highest tear strength. For optimal results in the restoration of historical documents, books and art, Japico offers a wide range of Japanese papers in a variety of color shades, from white to tinted to colored. Japico uses the following color designations: white, natural white, natural, ivory, cream and antique. The particularly thin Japanese papers (from 1.6 g/sqm to about 8 g/sqm) are especially suitable for embedding and stabilizing drawings, prints and historical documents. Tears and creases are usually covered with thin and thus hardly visible Japanese papers or embedded in Japanese paper on both sides, so that the writing and illustrations of the original document remain clearly visible. Not only does this preserve the character of the original, but by working with the same material, the valuable originals are preserved for centuries to come.
Furthermore, Japanese papers of thin and medium grammages can also be found in laminations, backfolds and spine mounts. Medium grammage Japanese papers are also often used for closing cracks on the reverse side or stabilizing heavy maps, or bound in as endpapers for historical books. Heavy grammages (up to 90 gsm) are used in restoration work, for example as inlays in missing parts. Graphic artists and artists also appreciate the versatility of Japan papers. For example, the thin Japanese papers made from gampi fibers (from 13 g/sqm) are popular for fine art applications in photography and printing. The handmade Japanese papers have a high internal volume due to their board drying, as no compression of the papers took place during production. This allows these papers to adapt particularly well to the smallest details of the printing blocks. Particularly with letterpress and gravure printing techniques, Japanese papers (from 30g/sqm) thus offer a print image with the highest level of detail reproduction. Board-dried papers from Japan have a rougher paper surface than machine papers, which is very advantageous for material application in all abrasive painting and drawing techniques, such as pencil, charcoal or pastel crayons. Japanese papers are traditionally unsized, which gives them a high absorbency. This advantage is particularly useful for all wet-on-wet techniques (watercolor painting, acrylic painting, ink).
