A black bat with spread wings flying over a black crisscross lattice on a bright orange background, in a Japanese stencil style.
Plain inside panel with no artwork.
Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

Bats on a Lattice

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A black bat sweeps across a bold lattice on warm orange, taken from a Japanese katagami, a paper stencil cut in the 1800s for dyeing cloth. In East Asia the bat is a lucky creature, since its Chinese name sounds like the word for good fortune. For someone you are wishing luck.

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On the back

From the stencil cutters of Japan / Bats on a Lattice / Katagami, a paper stencil for dyeing cloth, Japan, 1800s / Bats over a lattice. In East Asia the bat is a lucky creature, because its Chinese name sounds like the word for good fortune. / Printed in one colour, as on the dyed cloth. / Patterns With Meaning / No. 103/105

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