187 840 Yoshimura - 250 gsm, in sheets (rolled, per 5 sheets), white, 70% Bamboo + 30% recycled Washi, size: 116 x 200 cm
Paper weight: 250 g/sqm
Fibre raw material: 70% bamboo + 30% recycled washi
pH value:
Format: 116 x 200 cm
Note / Special features:
Our Yoshimura paper in 250 gsm (187 840) is without question our strongest paper. It has a slightly pronounced machine edge on 2 sides (similar to a deckle edge) and cut edges on the other 2 sides. The paper surfaces are (slightly) rough on both sides. This paper is therefore very suitable for abrasive painting techniques such as pencil, charcoal or pastels. The colour of our Japico Kitagawa paper is white in comparison to a bright white writing paper.
Area of application:
With its deckle edges all the way round, Japico Yoshimura paper has a very special look and feel. It is a real heavyweight among Japanese papers, which makes it particularly robust and durable. Thanks to the use of recycled washi, it is also very sustainable and environmentally friendly. Japico-Yoshimura paper is ideal for large-format fine art and printing applications, such as woodcuts, screen prints, etc. Its absorbency makes it ideal for wet-on-wet techniques and ink painting. Yoshimura paper can also be used as a drawing and painting paper for designing, sketching, drawing, painting and printing.
Counter curl:
For most applications, the strong curling tendency of this paper is certainly a hindrance. This can be remedied by counter-rolling once. To do this, please take a clean, smooth, cylindrical object with a diameter of at least approx. 10 cm and the width of the sheets (e.g. the roll core). Now roll the paper onto this cylinder/roll core once completely in the opposite direction to the unwinding direction. Be sure to use clean gloves (to avoid leaving fingerprints on the paper). After unrolling from the roll cylinder, the paper should no longer curl and lie almost flat.
Japanese papers are a generic term for papers with special properties that were initially only produced in Japan, but are now also produced in other countries. Japico has been importing papers from Japan since 1924. Since then, we have maintained close personal contacts with numerous traditional Japanese papermakers who manufacture their handmade papers (washi). Furthermore, business relationships with the most important producers of machine-made Japanese papers have existed for many decades. 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 designers and artists on the other. Restorers and bookbinders appreciate our large selection 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 from coir fibres in particular stand for papers with the highest tear resistance. For optimum results in the restoration of historical documents, books and art, Japico offers a wide range of Japanese papers in a wide variety of colours, from white to tinted to coloured paper nuances. Japico uses the following colour designations: white, natural white, natural, ivory, cream and antique. The particularly thin Japanese papers (from 1.6 gsm to around 8 gsm) are especially suitable for embedding and stabilising drawings, prints and historical documents. Tears and creases are usually fleeced over with thin and therefore barely visible Japanese papers or embedded in Japanese paper on both sides so that the writing and images 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. Japanese papers can also be used for conservation facings or emergency protection of wall and oil paintings. The simple, inexpensive Japanese papers made from manila fibres (from 6 to 23 gsm) can be used to stabilise large areas of unstable wall paintings. Furthermore, Japanese papers of thin and medium grammages can also be used for laminating, rebate and book spine mounting. Japanese papers of medium grammages are also often used for closing tears on the back or stabilising heavy maps or as endpapers for historical books. Heavy grammages (up to 90 gsm) are used in restoration, for example as inlays in missing parts.
Graphic designers and artists also appreciate the versatility of Japanese papers. The thin Japanese papers made from gampi fibres (from 13 gsm) are often used for fine art applications in photography and printing. The handmade Japanese papers have a high internal volume due to their board drying, as the papers are not compressed during production. This allows these papers to adapt particularly well to the smallest details of the printing blocks. Japanese papers (from 30g/sqm) offer a print image with the highest level of detail reproduction, especially for letterpress and gravure printing techniques. Compared to machine papers, board-dried papers from Japan have a rougher paper surface, which is very favourable for the application of material for all abrasive painting and drawing techniques, such as pencil, charcoal or pastel crayons. Japanese papers are traditionally unsized, which makes them highly absorbent. This advantage is particularly useful for all wet-on-wet techniques (watercolour painting, acrylic painting, ink). For translucent applications where as much light as possible should penetrate through the paper, but no actual transparency is possible (for example for lamps, window coverings or Japanese sliding walls (shoji)), we recommend papers between 30 and 50g/sqm, in particular our Japico Shoji paper.
