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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:46 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Historically, the boiled white bark is placed in a sieve and laid in clean or running water. Each strip is lifted one at a time and placed on a slatted board, and any detritus or black bark is removed gently while washing. It’s at this time that the scum from the soda ash is removed. Then a handful, or roughly 10 strips are taken in at a time and wrung out, like a hand towel, and then placed in a pail. Currently, Shiroishi locals complete this step, but with different tools

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

SY01

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Title alt

kusa-dashi (gomi-hiroi) — 草出し(ごみひろい)

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Keiji Abe, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Paper mulberry bark

Techniques of production

Cleaned

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-SY01-0823

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