View source for Akane (Madder) - top (230 T)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 230
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! scope="row"|Uemura number / title
| ;   "Haze-some 25"
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! scope="row"|Folder location
| 4th shelf
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! scope="row"|Sample location
| top (230 T)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| [[silk]]
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! scope="row"|Color
| reddish orange
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| 茜根 : Akane
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| [[madder]]
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| Rubia argyi (H.Lev. et Vaniot) H.Hara ex Lauener (R. akane Nakai)
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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
| -
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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 resultant color became more red than the one mordanted with ash water. The ancient technique from the 7 -8th century AD was the latter.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]