View source for Kuwa (Mulberry tree) - center (285 C)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 285
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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
| center (285 C)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| silk
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! scope="row"|Color
| pale yellowish brown
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| 桑 : Kuwa
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| Mulberry tree
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| Morus australis Poir. (M. bombycis Koidz.)
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| bark /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
| -
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| ash water (separate bath)
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| The fabric was soaked into 1) dye bath; and 2) ash water bath. This dyeing technique should be "Kuwa ()" in the Ebukuryo (), from the 8th century. AD, Japan; and "Kuwa-bara no sato ()" in the Harima fdo-ki (), 8th century. AD, Japan.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto Murasakino
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]