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Show 1 Inselecting the barks of the paper mulberry the Japanese papermaker avoid any substance that is decayed or discoloured. Decay is foun in tall trees that have been broken by the wind; in the deep valleysmostl an ravines the bark is often injured by wild rabbits, goats, and deer that fee Broken or stained bark is not suited for making the whitest paper The mixing of the barks of s is also avoided, but apparentl there is no particular species that has undisputed clai although crtain species are peculiarly adapted for the to superiority of specifi kinds of paper. The secret of making fine paper from makin the mulberry tre seems o lie in the use of but one species of the bar that particula species alone. Apparently, if the barks of the different andspecie ar mixed the paper is reduced in quality, although cach specie its own fin characteristics when used separately. For making the highesthasgrad of pape the mulberry trees should not be over one year old, and if paper superlativ in whiteness and texture is desired the barks from trees of different ages although of the same species, should not be mixed together. For example if barks from two year old and three or five year old trees are put together even though they be the same species, the paper will be inferior to that mad from barks taken from tre s that have been growing the same length of time The mitsumata,? Edgeworthia papyrifera, Sich. and Zuce., (E. chrysantha LindL.), of the order Thymelacaceae (in Japanese: mitsumata, mitzumat a midzumata), woodcut 2, yields one of the finest of papermaking materials Some of the most remarkable papers of the world are made from the bar of this shrub, including the justly renowned Kyokushi which is known an cherished for fine printing throughout Europe and America Mitsumata may be divided into two varieties according to the size o the leaves -the large-leaf and the small-leaf. The large-lea vari ety grow clean.sh data import.tsv out README The name mitsumata s derived from two -and each branch in turn dividesinto three, unwords, misu meaning three, and mata denoing il the uppermast part of the shrub is reache forke or pronged., This name s give the shrub Ttis said that the mitsumata i the only shrab because cach stalk divides into three branches Japan that branches in threcs "Digitalimage ©2004 Mariot Library, University of Utah. Al rights reserved |