In this video, Japanese artist Kiyo Hasegawa demonstrates how to apply metal leaf on washi paper especially in Nihonga (Japanese style painting).

*If you apply Gold leaf directly on washi paper, it is better to do 捨て膠 Sutenikawa. 捨て膠 is to put nikawa solution on washi once before applying Gold leaf. It will let the gold leaf fix on the paper stronger.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
1:54 What to prepare
3:38 How to apply golf leaf

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Photo credit: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League, The Metropolitan Museum of Art