View source for Tama ai (fermented indigo)- center (276 C)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 276
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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 (276 C)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| cotton
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! scope="row"|Color
| indigo blue
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| 玉藍 ; Tama ai
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| leaf / fermented
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff extraction
| fermented indigo cake was mixed with an animal glue (Nikawa), and rubbed onto the fabric using a rope
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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
| -
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| This technique refers to "Fufutsu ()" documented in the Shiki Shinhongi () from the 1st century BC., China; "Fu-i () in the Nihon shoki () from 720 AD., Japan; and "Hari-ai-zuri () in the Jyougan-shiki () from the 8th century AD, Japan. More primitive method of this dyeing technique was also read in a classic poem in the volume 9, the Manysh () ,from the 7th -8th century AD.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]