Kunugi (Oak) - right (361 R)

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Museum number 361
Uemura number / title ; "Haze-some 25"
Folder location 5th shelf
Sample location right (361 R)
Fiber type silk
Color dark brown (more black tone)
Dyestuff (Japanese common name) 櫟 : Kunugi
Dye (English common name) Oak tree
Dyestuff (botanical name) Quercus acutissima Carruth.
Plant part leaf / unspecified
Dyestuff extraction boiled in water
Auxiliary agent in dye bath -
Mordant iron
Other auxiliary agent -
Uemura's notes 5g of the leaves were boiled in 100cc (= 100ml) of water, from which 25cc was used for the dyeing. The amount of the leaves contained in the 25cc was 2.5 times as much as that of the silk fabric used.
Uemura's date -