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Show 4 bark has undergone the second washing following the boiling, the material are subjectedto a most exacting an laborious process, called rmizu-naoshi the boiled and bleached fibre of any foreign matter. For this arduous tas the bark is immersed in vats of clear water, and all dirt, remains of insects sand, decayed bark, minute scraps of the dark outer bark, and discoloure fibres are picked out by hand with infinite pains and patience. In thi thoroughly simple, but laborious, practice lies one of the "secrets" of fin Japanese papermaking. When the raw material is picked over while lyin upon a table or other dry surface, instead of in vats of wmr, the pickin process is termed kara-naoshi as shown in photog The mizu-naos'i, or cleansing process complczcd me pulp is ready fo beating. In the case of mitsumata and gampi the maceration is done i ordinary beaters or "Hollanders of very small size, photograph zJ, th roll being held el away rmm the bed-plate so that the fibres ar md not cut or crushed; the fibres that are to be used in makmg fin Japancse paper must be long and uninjured by harsh beating. The bar of the mulberry is cither beaten by hand, which process will be treate later, or reduced mechanically by means of stampers, phutogmphs 26 an 27, that endeavour to emulate the ancient hand pounding The mulberr bark after beating in a few of the large mills is pul hmugh anothe maccrauub process. This consists of placing small portions of the stampe pulp in half-round bamboo baskets lined with silk cloth. The pulp held i the hnskcl is placed under running waterand subjected toaviolent agitatio i4Tn e Toperl it e Toky, ia ik wooden tem g e ome ing process i carrie erthat [did workersevery opportusit of secing the mint wet-machine whic fines k fibres into crude, thinsheets,or "vellums" for the rment o laps. While still moist, these long sheets of pulp ~Japan. No other country i the world uses suc were suspended, against the light, over smal purposes Digitlimag @ 2004 Marriot Library, University of tah. Al rights reserved |
