View source for Shikon (Gromwell root) - center (3 C)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 3
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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
| 1st shelf
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! scope="row"|Sample location
| center (3 C)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| silk
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! scope="row"|Color
| brown
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| 紫根: Shikon
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| Gromwell
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold et Zucc. (L. officinale L. subsp. erythrorhizon (Siebold et Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz.)
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| root /dried (?)
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff extraction
| boiled in water
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! scope="row"|Auxiliary agent in dye bath
| vinegar
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! scope="row"|Mordant
| iron; ash water
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| -
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! scope="row"|Uemera's notes
| Uemura thought that the dyed color was slightly too yellowish. The same dyeing technique is mentioned in the Heian (10 to 12 century AD) manuscript "延喜式 (Engi-shiki)".
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! scope="row"|Uemera's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemera dye archive]]