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Stripping the bark

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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:47 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
One shoot of the still-warm kōzo is taken by hand and the bark is peeled off from the part closest to the bulb, cleanly separating the bark from the core stem. The core stem is dried and used as fuel. The bark is called black bark. Gloves are needed for this process as the bark is still warm. The white iner part of the bark is what is used to make sheets of paper

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

SY01

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Title alt

kōzo-kawa-hagi — こうぞ皮はぎ

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Keiji Abe, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Paper mulberry branches

Techniques of production

Steamed

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-SY01-0743

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