Archival photograph of local people cleaning any remaining black bark specks and separating the fibers from the paper mulberry plant into bundles to be beaten, circa 1990s. This is said to be one of the most important steps in making a high quality sheet of pure white paper
Session
A02Rights owner
Daphne Mohajer va PesaranCultural group
JapaneseCountry
JapanPlace
Shiroishi, MiyagiItem/object
BarkMaterials
Bark-paper mulberry barkCultural context/event
General productionSocial group setting
CommunityLocation
WorkshopTemporality
photo taken circa 1990s, harvest and material processing normally takes place in winter time around January. Papermaking was traditionally winter work for farmers who couldn’t grow crops in the wintertimeIntent
PapermakingDate of creation
2020-01-24Unique ID
2019SG04-A02-0047
