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<font size="3">'''[[Tin]]'''</font> 雲母(''kira'' or ''unmo''): Flakes or powdered metallics are often found in deluxe editions and surimono prints.
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<font size="3">'''[[Tin]]'''</font> (''suzu''): Flakes or powdered metallics are often found in deluxe editions and surimono prints. Animal glue would probably have been used to adhere the flakes or as a binder in printing.
  
 
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== Analysis ==
 
== Analysis ==
X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect mercury, which is an indication for the presence of vermilion (HgS).
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X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect tin.
 
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Revision as of 17:26, 29 May 2020

Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai

Tin 錫(suzu): Flakes or powdered metallics are often found in deluxe editions and surimono prints. Animal glue would probably have been used to adhere the flakes or as a binder in printing.

For more information see: Tin

Examples of Brass in Ukiyo-e Prints

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Indigo FORS.JPG
Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Analysis

X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect tin.

Other Images of Tin

List of Prints

List of prints where indigo was detected