Katagami stencil depicting bamboo stems and leaves.

Katagami stencil depicting bamboo stems and leaves.The striped background is used to depict stem nodes and the bamboo leaves with soft edges in a style known as gata tsuri. Bamboo is associated with perseverance due to their resiliance to strong winds. A fine mesh of supporting threads made of silk is sandwiched between two layers of this stencil. This stencil is of the sansun okuri size class (determined by the repeat length).