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Cutting bundles of paper mulberry branches with a hand saw

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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:47 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Cutting bundles of paper mulberry branches with a circular saw. The harvested branches are trimmed to fit into the steamer, and to remove the narrow ends, allowing for ease of peeling

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

SY01

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Keiji Abe, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Paper mulberry branches

Techniques of production

cut-cut

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-SY01-0719

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    papermakingshiroishimulberry

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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