View source for Benishitan (Redwood dye) - right (177 R)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 177
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! scope="row"|Uemura number / title
| ;   "Haze-some 25"
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! scope="row"|Folder location
| 3rd shelf
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! scope="row"|Sample location
| right (177 R)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| silk
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! scope="row"|Color
| pale reddish brown
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| べにしたん : Benishitan
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| Red Rose wood
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| heartwood /dried
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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
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| -
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| The fabrics were soaked in: 1) dye bath; 2) mordant bath; and 3) dye bath. The plant is a species of  Shitan tree () (Pterocarpus santalinus L.f).
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]