Hekusokazura - left (385 L)

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Museum number 385
Uemera number / title 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25"
Folder location 5th shelf
Sample location left (385 L)
Fiber type silk
Color pale cream (slightly brownish)
Dyestuff (Japanese common name) へくそかづら : Hekusokazura
Dyestuff (botanical name) Paederia scandens (Lour.) Merr.
Plant part vine, leaf / unspecified
Dyestuff extraction boiled in water
Auxiliary agent in dye bath -
Mordant lime
Other auxiliary agent -
Uemera's notes It is said that fruit of the plant is used for coloring teeth in black in Taiwan.
Uemera's date Kyoto