Shirakashi (Oak) - left (258 L)
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| Museum number | 258 |
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| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | left (258 L) |
| Fiber type | cotton |
| Color | brown |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | 白樫 : Shirakashi |
| Dye (English common name) | a type of oak tree |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | Quercus myrsinifolia Blume |
| Plant part | wood / dried (?) |
| Dyestuff extraction | boiled in water |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | iron |
| Other auxiliary agent | - |
| Uemera's notes | The dyeing process was same as that with acorns of oak tree. The left sample was dyed deeper than the right one. This plant was mentioned in the Keikou-tennō-ki (景行天皇紀) : しらかしがえをうずにさせこのこ; and also in the Makuranosōshi (枕草子), from the Heian period, Japan: しらかしなどいふもの、ましてみやま木の中にも、いとけどほくて、三位、二位のうへのきぬそむるをりばかりぞ、葉をだに人の見るめる |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto Murasakino |