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Show According to Kaibara the word kami is an abbreviation of the ter kaki miru,literally meaning "write and see." Itis also stated that in classica Japanes the name for paper mulberry, fzo, means "God' raiment. escarch in the various terms applied to Japancs Papers Some. o the renils of this rescanch are hess st Ao The compiLation which follows is the fist attempt of the kind in a Western languag and it s hoped that the list will be found useful and valuable to users an admirers of the myriad kinds of papers produced by the adept Japanes apermakers. The Japanese name of cach individual paper has bee Romanized, and, when possible, a bricf history of the paper is given, a well as the locality of its fabrication, material employed, size, usage, etc These names are purely Japanese, as used in Japan, and must not be confused with American and European trade-names which are often applie toJapanese papers without any regard for historical significance or meaning ATHANSH The Shohan-shi (hlerally small or narrow Hanshi) is sometime called Aihanshi. Se AKA IRO- paper wlnch had its origin during the Nara Period (710 t0 794 A.D.). See: Iro-g ASAF e Usu-gami group. Produced in Yamagata Prefecture and usc principally in Japan Ammgcm is often added to this paper mate size g% by 19 ASA-GAM The name asa denotes hemp (Cannabis sativa). Asa-gami is one o the oldest papers of Japan, the name appearing in many ancien writings Papers of fine quah(y made of asa (hemp) in the years o the hlnp|m 1409-1416 (749756 A. D), are preserved in the Temple Al rights reserved |
