Japanese Paper 2

Question 1

青麻

Answer 1

あおそ
Ramie fibre
Perennial plant from nettle family. Makes a very white but rough textured paper. Long fibers, wide and shaped like a ribbon

Question 2

羅紋紙

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らもんし - a decorated paper where the dyed fiber (such as gampi) is twilled and overlaid on the entire surface of the paper. Existed during the Heian Period and died out, but attempts to revive it are happening

Question 3

Retting

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A process employing the action of micro-organisms and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and pectins surrounding bast-fibre bundles, and so facilitating separation of the fiber from the stem

Question 4

蝋箋

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ろうせん - wax-rubbed paper

Question 5

紗

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しゃ - a fine screen, usually silk gauze, placed on top of a su to produce a fine thin paper

Question 6

宿紙

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しゅくし - re-used paper. Paper insufficiently deinked was called light inked paper or water clouded paper

Question 7

御蔵紙

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おくらがみ - paper stored in provincial storehouses

Question 8

簀の目

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すのめ - laid lines; horizontal line marks left on the paper from the sunoko

Question 9

簀桁

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すげた - paper making mold - combo of su (screen) and keta (frame)

Question 10

杉原紙

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すいばらがみ - named for Sugihara-mura (Hyougo) at the end of the Heian Period. Kozo paper representing the middle ages, favored by samurai and priests for gifts. Not as thick as Danshi, favored by samurai but became popular with common people during the Edo Period

Question 11

漉き舟

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すきぶね - paper-making vat

Question 12

漉き返し

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すきかえし - a kind of recycled paper. In the Edo Period, paper substances other than plant fibers were used to make the pulp

Question 13

漉き染め

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すきぞめ - the process of adding the coloring pigments directly to the pulp during the sheet-forming process

Question 14

漉く

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すく - to make paper

Question 15

かんこんし

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Lit. “Paper recalling the lost soul”, paper recycled from the letters of the deceased and recycled paper for daily use

Question 16

色紙

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しきし - a square piece of high-quality paperboard for poetry

Question 17

砂子紙

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すなごがみ - a paper using gold leaf, silver leaf, and mica

Question 18

溜め漉き

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ためずき - accumulation paper-making. Original technique of scooping fibers and allowing to settle to form sheets without using neri

Question 19

飛雲紙

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とびくもがみ - floating cloud paper, paper patterned with clouds

Question 20

Tororo-ai

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Hibiscus manihot L. Medic. Annual herbaceous plant, roots are harvested btw Nov and Dec and crushed to make neri. Relative of okra

Question 21

継紙

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つぎがみ - a method of paper decoration where 2+ sheets of paper of different color and/or quality are joined to make one sheet

Question 22

料紙装飾

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りょうしそうしょく - paper decoration

Question 23

漬け染め

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つけぞめ - dip-dyeing

Question 24

浸し染め

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ひたしぞめ - soak-dyeing

Question 25

打ち紙

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うちがみ - a paper optimized for writing, entire sheet was hammered with a wooden mallet

Question 26

内曇紙

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うちぐもりがみ - kumogami, cloud paper, decorative technique where fibers are overlaid to look like clouds (gampi is used now, but kozo was used in the past)

Question 27

和製唐紙

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わせいからかみ - Japan-made Chinese paper

Question 28

破り継ぎ

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やぶりつぎ - tear-and-join technique

Question 29

吉野紙

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よしのがみ - a thin kozo paper made in Nara which is most suitable for lacquer filtration

Question 30

具引き

Answer 30

ぐびき - coating