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A sheet of washi paper and a dish of konnyaku powder

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posted on 2025-03-14, 14:08 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
A sheet of handmade washi paper and a dish containing konnyaku powder, which is turned into a jelly and used to prepare wrinkled, strengthened paper (momigami), which can be used as paper cloth

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

S05

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Fumiko Satō, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Materials

Washi

Materials alt

konnyaku

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2020-01-28

Unique ID

2019SG04-S05-0287

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    paper-clothshiroishikonnyaku

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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