Kuromatsu (Pine) - left (330 L)

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Museum number 330
Uemera number / title 一; 櫨染 廿五 "Haze-some 25"
Folder location 5th shelf
Sample location left (330 L)
Fiber type silk
Color light ochre
Dyestuff (Japanese common name) 黒松 : Kuromatsu
Dye (English common name) Pine tree
Dyestuff (botanical name) Pinus thunbergii Parl.
Plant part bark / dried (?)
Dyestuff extraction boiled in water
Auxiliary agent in dye bath -
Mordant iron
Other auxiliary agent -
Uemera's notes Use of this plant for dyeing is recorded in the Senryo Shokubutsu-fu (染料植物譜), published in 1972, Japan. When dyed with the leaves, the resultant color was lighter.
Uemera's date Kyoto