Tsuki kusa (Dayflower) - top (271 T)

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Museum number 271
Uemura number / title ; "Haze-some 25"
Folder location 4th shelf
Sample location top (271 T)
Fiber type silk
Color light blue
Dyestuff (Japanese common name) つき草 : Tsuki kusa
Dyestuff (English common name) Dayflower
Dyestuff (botanical name) Commelina communis L.
Plant part flower juice / fresh
Dyestuff extraction dyed with flower juice
Auxiliary agent in dye bath -
Mordant -
Other auxiliary agent -
Uemura's notes The bottom sample was subsequently soaked into water: the color was fugitive. The plant was read in a Japanese classic poem:
Uemura's date Kyoto