Made of mulberry tree inner bark with long strands of kozo fiber, which differentiate it from Mulberry Paper #1(without long stringing fiber); Known as "dragon-clouds" paper, it is translucent white, PH neutral and archival, works well with most water-based art media including watercolors and fluid acrylics. Semi-sized, resists bleeding and shows color brilliantly, appropriate for painting landscapes, animals, plants and flowers, etc. It is very durable for split brush painting techniques, finger painting, wet-washing, mounting and marbling techniques. Perfect for brush painting or sumi-e, and also good for Calligraphy, Mounting, Rubbing, Stamping, Kite, Lantern, Window Covering, collage etc.