The British Museum
Browse

Beating

Download (34.89 MB)
figure
posted on 2025-01-22, 10:46 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Historically, using either a wooden or stone pulp-beating board (length 1.3m by width 70cm and thickness 15cm), the white bark strips are placed in a suitable amount and beaten with square wooden rods end to end and back again over and over. They are beaten for around 1 hour, then a bit of water is added, then the side that was receiving the beating is then beaten with a small slitted mallet, one in each hand, for around 20 minutes. This is a monotonous and energy-intensive activity. This is continued until the fibres are properly loosened. Currently, this work is sometimes done by machine. Papermakers across the country have various ways of doing this task, including machinery and hand tools

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

SY01

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Title alt

kusa-uchi — 草打ち

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Keiji Abe, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Paper mulberry bark

Techniques of production

Beaten

Materials

Bark-paper mulberry bark

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Community

Location

Workshop

Temporality

Typically occurs during wintertime

Intent

Papermaking

Date of creation

2020-01-13

Unique ID

2019SG04-SY01-0829

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC