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| Museum number | 232 |
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| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | center (232 C) |
| Fiber type | silk |
| Color | orange |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | 茜根 : Akane |
| Dye (English common name) | madder |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | Rubia argyi (H.Lev. et Vaniot) H.Hara ex Lauener (R. akane Nakai) |
| Plant part | root /unspecified |
| Dyestuff extraction | boiled in water |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | alum |
| Other auxiliary agent | - |
| Uemera's notes | The resultant color did not become red. The madder root was collected at the Kamo river (加茂川), Kyoto. Dye compound of alizarin or purprin would produce red when mordanted with alum. |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto |