Difference between revisions of "Karai (Cockscomb) - left (242 L)"
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Revision as of 09:34, 8 June 2013
| Museum number | 242 |
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| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | left (242 L) |
| Fiber type | silk |
| Color | dull yellowish white |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | からゐ : Karai |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | Celosia cristata L. |
| Plant part | flower / fresh |
| Dyestuff extraction | extracted from fresh flower |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | - |
| Other auxiliary agent | - |
| Uemera's notes | The result was not satisfactory. The plant was read in a Japanese classic poem in the Manyōshū (万葉集) , volume 7, from the 7th -8th century AD: 秋去らばうつしにせむと吾加まきしからゐの花を誰か摘みけむ |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto |