View source for Nihon san no akane (Japanese madder) - right (293 R)


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! scope="row"|Museum number
| 293
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! scope="row"|Uemura number / title
| ;   "Haze-some 25"
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! scope="row"|Folder location
| 4th shelf
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! scope="row"|Sample location
| right (293 R)
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! scope="row"|Fiber type
| silk
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! scope="row"|Color
| brownish orange
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (Japanese common name)
| 日本産の茜根 : Nihon san no akane
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! scope="row"|Dye (English common name)
| Japanese madder
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff (botanical name)
| Rubia argyi (H.Lev. et Vaniot) H.Hara ex Lauener (R. akane Nakai)
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! scope="row"|Plant part
| root / dried (?)
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! scope="row"|Dyestuff extraction
| boiled in water (?)
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! scope="row"|Auxiliary agent in dye bath
| -
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! scope="row"|Mordant
| alum, lead acetate, sodium carbonate
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! scope="row"|Other auxiliary agent
| -
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! scope="row"|Uemura's notes
| This dyeing method referred to the European technique practiced in the early Meiji period (1868-1912 AD). The resultant color became more orange than those mordanted with ash water or lime water. The dyed color was also less red than those dyed with western madder.
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! scope="row"|Uemura's date
| Kyoto
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[[Category:Uemura dye archive]]