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Show inner bark - photograph 20, the rough, dark-coloured outer bark and th stalks being used for fire-wood. The stalks of the mitsumata are cut at th commencement of winter and the entire bark removed, both inner an outer together. The bark is air-dricd and is known in Japan as kurokawa o black bark. After the rough, dark outer bark is removed, the remainin thin inner bark, from which the is made, is termed jikegaioa, o unfinished, unbleached ba unfinished bark is bleached and cleanse by being allowed to soak in pure water for several days, after which treatment it is called shirokawa, or bleached bark. The barks are next cooked the mitsumata undergoes the cooking process in the jikegatwa state, th paper mulberry in the shirokazca form, and the gampi in the state terme kurokawa. The preliminary treatment of the barks, up to the cooking proc is mostly performed by e pLasam i s s s the bark, done up in ne e boiling or cooking process, photographs 21 and 22, i knnwn i Jopan as jmmm or nikata. The barks of the mitsumata, pa and gampi are all cooked in an alkali solution, the bundles, e wnh bng plmd - length in the open cooking receptacles (ike) where cithe direct fire is applied. The barks of mitsumata and gampi requir about three hours of cooking, while the bark of paper mulberry, bein tougher, takes from six to eight hours, according to ts age and tenderness.1 ¢ cooked pulp is again washed in running water for several day which rids the material of any residue of alkali and tends to promote natural whitencss without causing the bark fibres to lose strength. Th washing process is termed arai-kata and takes place in the pure water o the numerous streams that abound in the papermaking districts. After th i Aconing t Gen Vo of Ktyi pape: s causilins ol inginpponSeit Ron Papermakingingupan), o sl kindss of iy crude s publishe inTokyo,the; smmmm(.,.( 61099 the olowing sggetonsare givnfor v an lghide) fo malbery o, e Bl o Digitalimage© 2004 Marritt Library, Universiy of Utah. All ights reserved |
