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Show 2 OL PAPERMAKIN IN CHIN AN JAPA During the era TempioSho-o(749-756A, Do) theseato the Dynasty wa Hhe material, Papersofi@iis eriod canstill bescen n several tmplos n th provinc of Yamada. Th theyear 770, under the reign of th EmperorKonin, forthecopx,mgcf:a redwitin cavyan ihic, At th im ol the mperr et 6o S A, D) hegoverrmen di e cvcrye(fort St produce paper of the finest nature. The discoveries of Sir Aurel Stinin Chinese Tur]kt‘s(andunng(hevea the wa(ch towers of a western spur ofo the Grca( W\H near Tun huang, Su uncartbed Facho e lenexsareno(datedxusprebablethattthaperhadn ongmzbout fifty years after the official announcement of Tva Lun'sin entitled "Ruinsof Desert Cathay" draem accountof the dis coveryof thisearly paper. The earliest paper brought tolight by the expedition f D Hedi dat Loulan and one piece, atleast,is clear paper of China was fabricated from disintegrated cloth, i wwas not. many veaxs be[cre the bark o treesand other vegetation was en era) he (Cannab rd cntury 4 fmrnthebarkof the| papermulbexrv Gampx(W:ks(me a plant of wild growth, has apparently bee T e mia canescens Meisu.) for making paper. Rice straw as paper materia dates from a later period, 13341521, butapparentl basneve been used inJapa for i1hand-madedZ.E.c paper. Th T thi antha, Lindl) was not developed until recently, between the years 1804an Digitalimage© 2004 Marriott Library, University of Utah. All ights reserved |