Tsutsugaki (筒描) is another Japanese resistance fabric dyeing technique. Parts of the picture are reserved with rice paste, part of the fabric, not covered with paste, is painted, then the paste is washed off.

Rice paste is usually made from sweet rice, which has a high starch content and is quite sticky. The paste is applied through a tube (tsutsu), such as those used by bakers to decorate cakes. Then a pattern is applied on fabric - a special stencil is applied, and covered with a dye. Cut holes in the stencil let paint out. It's called katazome. Fabrics are traditionally cotton or silk, dyes are usually Indigo blue, pink, purple, later any colour dyes were used.

One katazome value was that it was possible to get fabrics with complex luxurious patterns, similar to expensive woven brocade, relatively quickly. Like many everyday crafts in Japan, it has become a respected art form.

Katagami (stencils) could be washed and reused several times. They are hand carved out of a special paper impregnated with shibugaki (persimmon juice). Separate details of the drawing, not connected with each other, were fastened with a thin silk thread. Big open spaces in stencils were also fixed with fine silk threads.

Katagami (型紙) or ise-katagami (伊勢型紙) is a Japanese craft of making paper stencils for dyeing textiles. It is designated as one of the important intangible cultural properties of Japan. Art is traditionally concentrated in the city of Suzuki in Mie prefecture.

Multiple layers of thin washi paper are glued with persimmon juice, thanks to which paper becomes very dense, but retains flexibility, and acquires a characteristic brown colour. Drawings can be extremely complex, fine and sophisticated, they resemble lace. The pattern is cut, using a variety of knives known as dōgu-bori (道 道.).

Today, such stencils are pieces of art and collectibles.