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<font size="3">'''[[Madder]]'''</font> 茜(''akane''): A red dye extracted from the roots of any of several species of the genus ''Rubia''. The most commonly used plants include: ''Rubia tinctorum'' L., native to the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean; ''Rubia cordifolia'' L., native to India and Southeast Asia; and ''Rubia akane'' Nagai, found in East Asia. It is currently unknown which species was used for ''ukiyo-e'' prints. (talk about purpurin and the differences between the species?)
 
<font size="3">'''[[Madder]]'''</font> 茜(''akane''): A red dye extracted from the roots of any of several species of the genus ''Rubia''. The most commonly used plants include: ''Rubia tinctorum'' L., native to the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean; ''Rubia cordifolia'' L., native to India and Southeast Asia; and ''Rubia akane'' Nagai, found in East Asia. It is currently unknown which species was used for ''ukiyo-e'' prints. (talk about purpurin and the differences between the species?)
  
Similar to [[:Category:Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|safflower]], madder can range from pink to a deep red. Madder and safflower are the most commonly found red before the introduction of aniline dyes in the 1860's. Safflower and madder are found as a single colorant or as a mixture of the two. Although the visual difference between red safflower or madder used alone and a mixture of the two is currently difficult to discern, madder may have been used to extend the safflower, which was known to be expensive. In some prints from the mid-1800's, [[Category:Vermilion: Ukiyo-e colorant|vermilion]] is also mixed with madder. The pink color of madder also appears opaque when compared to the ethereal pink of safflower. The opaque presentation of pink madder may indicate that the colorant may have been laked onto a mineral white, such as [[Category:Calcium carbonate: Ukiyo-e colorant|calcium carbonate]] during its formulation.
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Similar to [[:Category:Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|safflower]], madder can range from pink to a deep red. Madder and safflower are the most commonly found red before the introduction of aniline dyes in the 1860's. Safflower and madder are found as a single colorant or as a mixture of the two. Although the visual difference between red safflower or madder used alone and a mixture of the two is currently difficult to discern, madder may have been used to extend the safflower, which was known to be expensive. In some prints from the mid-1800's, [[:Category:Vermilion: Ukiyo-e colorant|vermilion]] is also mixed with madder. The pink color of madder also appears opaque when compared to the ethereal pink of safflower. The opaque presentation of pink madder may indicate that the colorant may have been laked onto a mineral white, such as [[:Category:Calcium carbonate: Ukiyo-e colorant|calcium carbonate]] during its formulation.
  
 
Although not traditionally listed as a printing colorant thought to have been used for Japanese woodblock printing (reference that book), madder has been detected extensively in our analysis. Research of red colorants is ongoing.
 
Although not traditionally listed as a printing colorant thought to have been used for Japanese woodblock printing (reference that book), madder has been detected extensively in our analysis. Research of red colorants is ongoing.

Revision as of 17:35, 13 July 2020

The Ninth Hour... by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Madder 茜(akane): A red dye extracted from the roots of any of several species of the genus Rubia. The most commonly used plants include: Rubia tinctorum L., native to the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean; Rubia cordifolia L., native to India and Southeast Asia; and Rubia akane Nagai, found in East Asia. It is currently unknown which species was used for ukiyo-e prints. (talk about purpurin and the differences between the species?)

Similar to safflower, madder can range from pink to a deep red. Madder and safflower are the most commonly found red before the introduction of aniline dyes in the 1860's. Safflower and madder are found as a single colorant or as a mixture of the two. Although the visual difference between red safflower or madder used alone and a mixture of the two is currently difficult to discern, madder may have been used to extend the safflower, which was known to be expensive. In some prints from the mid-1800's, vermilion is also mixed with madder. The pink color of madder also appears opaque when compared to the ethereal pink of safflower. The opaque presentation of pink madder may indicate that the colorant may have been laked onto a mineral white, such as calcium carbonate during its formulation.

Although not traditionally listed as a printing colorant thought to have been used for Japanese woodblock printing (reference that book), madder has been detected extensively in our analysis. Research of red colorants is ongoing.

For more information see: Madder, Madder (Rubia tinctorum) LC, Madder (Indian madder, Rubia cordifolia) LC, Madder (Rubia akane) LC

Examples of Madder in Ukiyo-e Prints

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The Ninth Hour... by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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The Brine Maidens by Torii Kiyonaga

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Kojima Bingo... by Suzuki Harunobu

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The Attributes of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune by Torii Kiyohiro

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Courtesan Asajiu... by Kitagawa Utamaro I

Add Beauties of the Yoshiwara, madder

Analysis

Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy can easily identify the organic reds: safflower, madder, and sappanwood. Madder fluoresces brightly under UVA radiation and produces a unique EEM pattern that helps differentiate it from safflower, which also fluoresces.



Other Images of Madder


List of Prints

List of prints where indigo was detected

Pages in category "Madder: Ukiyo-e colorant"

The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total.

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