Japanese paper

American  

noun

1. paper of a high rag content, used for woodcuts, engravings, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of Japanese paper

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Yet that glimpse of life, Ms. Orlean writes, was to expand, as did many of her ideas, “like those Japanese paper balls you drop in water and after a moment they bloom into flowers.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Washi: the traditional Japanese paper, known for its beauty and strength, has been used in bookbinding, art, furniture, and architecture for hundreds of years.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

Times; back then we had the Herald Examiner, Japanese magazines and the local Japanese paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Miriam Sutton likes to wander around her neighborhood in Northeast Washington with secrets in her pocket: palm-size handmade stickers, decorated to look like Japanese paper cranes.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2019

Reason said No. The tarpaulin was sturdy canvas, not a Japanese paper wall.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel