View source for Ume (Japanese plum) - bottom (37 B)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 37
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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
| bottom (37 B)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| silk
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! scope="row"|Color
| dark brown
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| 梅 : Ume
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| Japanese plum
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| Armeniaca mume (Siebold et Zucc.) de Vriese (Prunus mume Siebold et Zucc.)
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| heartwood /unspecified
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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
| lime water; iron
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| lime water
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! scope="row"|Dyeing process
| Lime water was mixed into the dye bath.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| "". The color would not be different whether the iron mordant was mixed in the dye bath or prepared as a separate bath. By increasing the amount of lime water added, the resultant color became more purple black tone. The resultant colors were same when dyed with its bark.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]