Kuchinashi + Ai - right (283 R)
Revision as of 09:34, 8 June 2013 by (username removed)
| Museum number | 283 |
|---|---|
| Uemera number / title | 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25" |
| Folder location | 4th shelf |
| Sample location | right (283 R) |
| Fiber type | silk |
| Color | pale blue |
| Dyestuff (Japanese common name) | 支子＋藍 : Kuchinashi + Ai |
| Dyestuff (botanical name) | Gardenia jasminoides Ellis var. jasminoides; and Persicaria tinctoria (Aiton) Spacn (Polygonum tinctoria Aiton) (?) |
| Plant part | K: fruit /dried; A: leaf / fermented (?) |
| Dyestuff extraction | Kuchinashi was boiled in water: indigo bath was prepared separately |
| Auxiliary agent in dye bath | - |
| Mordant | - |
| Other auxiliary agent | - |
| Uemera's notes | The fabric was first dyed in the Kuchinashi bath, followed by top-dyeing in the indigo bath. The dyeing was read in a classic poem in the Manyōshū (万葉集), volume 10, from the 7th -8th century AD: 浅緑染めかけたりと見るまでに春の楊は芽ばえけるかも |
| Uemera's date | Kyoto Murasakino |