Lac-dye - center (304 C)
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| Museum number | 304 |
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| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | center (304 C) |
| Fiber type | silk |
| Color | reddish pink |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | ラックダイ : Lac-dye |
| Dye (English common name) | Lac dye |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | resinous secretion developed by the scale insect Kerria lacca |
| Plant part | Extracted dye compounds and alum absorbed in cotton batting |
| Dyestuff extraction | soaked in water |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | alum (originally contained in the dye extract) |
| Other auxiliary agent | vinegar |
| Uemera's notes | The Enji-wata (臙脂綿) a cotton wool containing extracted dye compounds of lac dye and alum. The resultant colors of those dyed with this extract and those with the raw material would be similar. 麒麟竭染 (Kirinketsu-zome) recorded in a manuscript from the Tempyo period (8th century AD), Japan is considered to be a dyeing technique with lac dyes. The resultant color was similar to that of cochineal dyeing, but was more purple. |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto |