Tsumi /Yamakuwa - left (302 L)
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| Museum number | 302 |
|---|---|
| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | left (302 L) |
| Fiber type | silk |
| Color | dark brown |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | 柘 /やまくわ : Tsumi /Yamakuwa |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | Cornus kousa Buerger ex Hance subsp. kousa (Benthamidia japonica (Siebold et Zucc.) H.Hara) |
| Plant part | bark / dried (?) |
| Dyestuff extraction | boiled in water |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | iron |
| Other auxiliary agent | - |
| Uemera's notes | Mordanting with ash water would not fix the color compound(s) well to fiber. The resultant color would be yellow brown like Shiba-zome, using iron mordant bath and ash water bath. This plant is not a type of mulberry tree. The Bencao Gangmu, a Chinese medical book (本草綱目accessible through: http://www.i-apple.jp/honzo/) from the late 16th century AD says: 其木染黄赤色、謂之柘黄、天子所服云々 |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto |