View source for Lac-dye - center (304 C)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 304
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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 (304 C)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| silk
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! scope="row"|Color
| reddish pink
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| ラックダイ : Lac-dye
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| Lac dye
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| resinous secretion developed by the scale insect Kerria lacca
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| Extracted dye compounds and alum absorbed in cotton batting
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff extraction
| soaked in water
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! scope="row"|Auxiliary agent in dye bath
| -
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! scope="row"|Mordant
| alum (originally contained in the dye extract)
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| vinegar
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| The Enji-wata () a cotton wool containing extracted dye compounds of lac dye and alum. The resultant colors of those dyed with this extract and those with the raw material would be similar.  (Kirinketsu-zome) recorded in a manuscript from the Tempyo period (8th century AD), Japan is considered to be a dyeing technique with lac dyes. The resultant color was similar to that of cochineal dyeing, but was more purple.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]