View source for Mehajiki (Oriental motherwort) - top (327 T)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 327
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! scope="row"|Uemura number / title
| ;   "Haze-some 25"
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! scope="row"|Folder location
| 5th shelf
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! scope="row"|Sample location
| top (327 T)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| silk
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! scope="row"|Color
| light olive green
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| メハジキ : Mehajiki
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (English common name)
| Oriental motherwort
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| Leonurus japonicus Houtt. (L. sibiricus auct. non L.)
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| leaf and stem / 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
| copper
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| -
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| Dyeing green with this plant is recorded in the Senryo Shokubutsu-fu (), published in 1972, Japan. The dyestuff for this experiment was collected and provided by Mr. Shichi Goto.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]