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| Museum number | 274 |
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| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | top (274 T) |
| Fiber type | cotton |
| Color | light brownish green stains |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | 大青 : Taisei |
| Dye (English common name) | Woad |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | Isatis tinctoria L. var. indigotica (Fortune) T.Y.Cheo et K.C.Kuan (I.indigotica Fortune) |
| Plant part | leaf / fresh |
| Dyestuff extraction | rubbed onto the fabric |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | - |
| Other auxiliary agent | - |
| Uemera's notes | Those fresh leaves in blue color were collected and rubbed onto the fabric. Carried out on May 15th, 1931. The leaves tended to be more red than those of other plants containing indigo, such as Yamaai 山藍 (Mercurialis leiocarpa Siebold et Zecc.) and Tade-ai 蓼藍 (Persicaria tinctoria (Aiton) Spach (Polygonum tinctorium Aiton)). |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto |