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One piece of unwrinkled washi and one piece of wrinkled washi (momigami)

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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:48 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
One piece of unwrinkled washi and one piece of wrinkled momigami washi. The wrinkled sheet can be used for clothing, and senka-shi is the specific size and thicness of paper used for the paper kimonos worn at Tōdaiji. This video shows a comparison of the sizes before and after wrinkling, as well as the stretchiness and flexibility. Without wrinkles, a piece of senka-shi measures W31 cm x L42.5 cm, while wrinkled (momigami) measures roughly W30 cm x 41 cm

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

T01

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Yūko Tokuriki, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Tōdaiji kamiko

Materials

Bark-paper mulberry bark, Washi

Materials alt

agar agar

Cultural context/event

Ceremony

Social group setting

Interviewer-interviewee

Temporality

Late 20th-century, worn during the series of rituals at Tōdaiji Temple in Nara that takes place every year in March

Date of creation

2020-01-08

Unique ID

2019SG04-T01-0206

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