View source for Somemono imo/Kūrō (Faux-gambier) - bottom (142 B)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 142
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! scope="row"|Uemera number / title
| 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25"
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! scope="row"|Folder location
| 2nd shelf
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! scope="row"|Sample location
| bottom (142 B)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| cotton
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! scope="row"|Color
| greenish brown
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| Faux-gambier
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| root /fresh (?)
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff extraction
| boiled in water
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! scope="row"|Auxiliary agent in dye bath
| -
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! scope="row"|Mordant
| lime water; melanterite
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| -
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! scope="row"|Uemera's notes
| In the Amami island, Japan, they used to use this technique when dyeing browns for the Ōshima-tsumugi cloth. Nowadays, use of Tekachigi (Rhaphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. Ex Ker var. umbellata (Thunb.) H.Ohashi) alternatively became more common.
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! scope="row"|Uemera's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemera dye archive]]