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Show produced by a pronged metal fork somewhat resembling a giant egg beater ‘The post-beating operation completed, the basket of pulp is removed fro under the fork-like beater, the water drained through the silk cloth, an the laps of pulp piled in rows ready for the papermaker During our visit at the Nishino mill we were fortunate in sceing pape fabricated on rigid, woven-wire muulds‘ the type of mould used in Europ in the forming of handmade pa per was intended for bonds an each sheet bore watermarks ul'japancxc characters, every symbol sunk i the woven wire cloth, thus causing the characters to be heavier than th rest of the sheet. The largest sheets measured 22% by 33 inches. Not onl were moulds of the European type used, but the process of forming th sheets of paper upon them was not unlike the Occidental procedure. Tn th making of the Japanese mitsumata papers, however, the mould is dippe fferent character of the material -mitsumata, paper mulberry and gampi fibres of the Orient being vastly removed in structure an temperament from the rag ibrs of the Occident T ction of the Nishino mill completed we returned to Takefu ‘where Mr. Fujiki had arranged a banquet for us, embracing raw fish, sake and all the native delicacies to be had in (hcvillage. This was my initiatio into the purely Japanese manner of e food I found exotic, but mos excellent, my greatest hardship being in sleing for many hours cross-legge upon the floor. Several geisha gitls were pmm.,and twoof them, MissKiku Yamada and Miss Fukueyu Matsunoya, sangan old papermaking song fo me. The precise history of this I could not ascertain, but apparently th e down through several centuries. The song is difficult o translation, but it is a humble plea to the stranger visiting the provinc to purchase the wares of Echizen, including knives, nets, dyed cloth, an marbled paper. The one verse is sung over and over, and runs in this manner Digitalimage© 2004 Marritt Library, University of Utah. All ights reserved |