Tennansho no nikusui /Yama konnyaku - left (207 L)

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Museum number 207
Uemera number / title 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25"
Folder location 3rd shelf
Sample location left (207 L)
Fiber type silk
Color light greenish ochre
Dyestuff (Japanese common name) 天南星の肉穂 /ヤマコンニャク : Tennansho no nikusui /Yama konnyaku
Dyestuff (botanical name) Amorphophallus kiusianus (Makino) Makino (A.hirtus N.E.Br. Var. kiusiaus (Makino) M.Hotta)
Plant part spadix / unspecified
Dyestuff extraction boiled in water
Auxiliary agent in dye bath -
Mordant iron
Other auxiliary agent -
Uemera's notes Actual use of this plant as dyestuff was unknown. The plant is toxic.
Uemera's date Kyoto