Awagami

About Awagami

The washi and washi products are still conveyed to people’s everyday lives. There are still many items in common places of people’s lives that are made or contain washi. The Awagami Factory was established to preserve and broaden the awareness for the beauty, strength and sensitivity of washi. The papermaking of Washi was commercialized by Chozo Fujimori. Later, the tradition was taken over by Yoichi Fujimori, the eighth generation, and he opened a new possibility of Washi by starting the production of machine made paper while maintaining a production technique of handmade paper. In 1989, the Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper was established as a non-profit museum, and it offers a work space and possibilities in creation with Awa Washi to the artists from the worldwide. Awagami Inkjet Paper are specially made and transformed for inkjet printer use, yet remaining the texture of existing washi. It has special coating for the ink of inkjet printers from major printer manufactures, such as Epson and Canon. Also, Awagami Inkjet Paper is made to be used by professionals who also might work on mixed media with digital print, such as woodblock and etching. This special paper is suitable for such works with multiple medias as well.

Awagami - Kozo (Thick) Natural 110g

These papers are made from representative fiber of washi, 'Kozo'. This paper with strong yet gentle fiber is one of the most preferable papers in our inkjet paper series. Kozo inkjet paper is specially treated with coating to prevent blurring from printing.

Inbe (Thick) White 125g

The origin of Inbe traces back to approximately 1300 years ago. The Inbe clan settled in Awa region and was flourished by planting Kozo and Hemp. This paper is made with mixture of Kozo and Hemp. The light pattern of Su (a screen made from bamboo) on its surface gives a sense of tradition. In order to prevent blurring, a special coating is applied on both sides and thus, it can be printed on front and back.

Bizan (Medium) White 200g

Bizan is the inkjet paper truly made by our artisans' hand one by one. It has good amount of thickness compare to other types of washi, that the thickness is almost similar to Western style of cotton paper. In order to meet current requests from artists, designers and photographers to use fine paper with an inkjet printer to create their art works, Awagami developed the washi paper with certain thickness and it holds high quality for digital print. Bizan has 4 deckles on the edges and all the processes to make this sheets are purely done by hands. It is excellent for work of fine art and photography prints.

Bizan (Thick) Off White 200g

Bizan is the inkjet paper truly made by our artisans' hand one by one. It has good amount of thickness compare to other types of washi, that the thickness is almost similar to Western style of cotton paper. In order to meet current requests from artists, designers and photographers to use fine paper with an inkjet printer to create their art works, Awagami developed the washi paper with certain thickness and it holds