View source for Akane + Shikon - top (24 T)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 24
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! scope="row"|Uemura number / title
| ;   "Haze-some 25"
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! scope="row"|Folder location
| 1st shelf
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! scope="row"|Sample location
| top (24 T)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| [[silk]]
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! scope="row"|Color
| beige (slightly reddish purple)
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| 茜根 + 紫根: Akane + Shikon
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| [[Madder]] and [[Gromwell root]]
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| Rubia argyi (H.Lv. Et Vaniot) H.Hara ex Lauener (R. akane Nakai); and Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold et Zucc. (L. officinale L. subsp. erythrorhizon (Siebold et Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz.)
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| m: root /dried (?); g: root /dried (?)
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff extraction
| unspecified
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! scope="row"|Auxiliary agent in dye bath
| -
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! scope="row"|Mordant
| ash water
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| -
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! scope="row"|Dyeing process
| The fabric was soaked into a dye bath of madder, mixed with Shikon root, and subsequently mordanted with ash water.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| A dyeing technique with madder is described in  the "Shoku Nihongi ()" (1177 AD) as " (Kuroki-hi),  (Asaki-hi)". The same color is named as " (Kokihi)" in the "Engishiki ()" (10th Century AD).
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]