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| Museum number | 247 |
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| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | left (247 L) |
| Fiber type | silk |
| Color | dark brown (slightly greenish) |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | くぬぎ : Kunugi |
| Dye (English common name) | Acorn |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | Quercus acutissima Carruth. |
| Plant part | acorn / dried (?) |
| Dyestuff extraction | boiled in water |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | iron |
| Other auxiliary agent | - |
| Uemera's notes | This technique produces what was called "Tsurubami (橡)" in the Ibukuryo (衣服令) from the 8th century AD, and the name of the plant appears in a Japanese classic poem in the Manyōshū (万葉集), volume 12, from the 7th -8th century AD: つるばみの一重の衣うらもなくあるらん？ゆゑ戀ひわたるかも |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto |