Tsumi /Yamakuwa - left (302 L)

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Museum number 302
Uemura number / title ; "Haze-some 25"
Folder location 4th shelf
Sample location left (302 L)
Fiber type silk
Color dark brown
Dyestuff (Japanese common name) 柘 /やまくわ : Tsumi /Yamakuwa
Dyestuff (botanical name) Cornus kousa Buerger ex Hance subsp. kousa (Benthamidia japonica (Siebold et Zucc.) H.Hara)
Plant part bark / dried (?)
Dyestuff extraction boiled in water
Auxiliary agent in dye bath -
Mordant iron
Other auxiliary agent -
Uemura's notes Mordanting with ash water would not fix the color compound(s) well to fiber. The resultant color would be yellow brown like Shiba-zome, using iron mordant bath and ash water bath. This plant is not a type of mulberry tree. The Bencao Gangmu, a Chinese medical book (accessible through: http://www.i-apple.jp/honzo/) from the late 16th century AD says:
Uemura's date Kyoto