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和紙の違い

和紙の違い
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Although there is no formal system to classify the papers used in traditional Japanese books, there is a great variety. One of the ways to treat the paper during the production stage of the sheet is to add rice flour or rock or mineral powder to the mixture. Paper without such additives is called kigami (“raw paper”) or Kisukigami (“processed paper”). Kigami prepared for use, by, for example, treating it to make it easier to write on or prevent smudging, is called jukushi (“finished paper”). Two important finishes are the eishi (“polished paper”) and the uchigami (“hammered paper”). Here we have a book in the Shido Bunko collection that is made of eishi paper.
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The part where the writing goes was rubbed with a hard object such as the tusk of a wild boar to make it easier to write on it.
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In this book here, the uchigami technique was applied to the paper. The entire sheet was hammered with a wooden mallet, again, to make it easier to write on it. When you examine a book made by uchigami paper closer, you can find traces of water. When you hold it, you will also find that it’s heavy. That is the result of this uchigami process. (Making of Uchigami in Kyoto ) Brush each sheet of paper with a brush to moisten it. After stacking the wet paper overnight, Clasp the paper to the cloth and beat it with a mallet on a stone.
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In addition to these processes, there are many ways to prepare or decorate paper, including mica-based methods and the tsugigami process.
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Now, let’s continue to explore the varieties of washi paper.

これまで、材料による分類、そして製紙の原理を学びました。同じ原理で作られ、一見すると違いがない白い紙でもいろいろな種類があります。

ここからは、その違いを詳しくみていきます。まずビデオで代表的な例をご覧ください。

ビデオで紹介されているキーワード

  • 生紙(きがみ)、生漉き紙(きすきがみ):填料を用いていない紙。
  • 熟紙(じゅくし):生紙に加工を施して、書写適性を向上させた紙。
  • 塋紙(えいし):熟紙の一種。文字を書く部分を硬いものでこすり、書きやすくしたもの。
  • 打紙:熟紙の一種。紙全体を木槌などで叩き、書きやすくしたもの。作り方をステップ1.7で詳しく紹介します。
  • 継ぎ紙:装飾を目的として加工したもの。第3週で詳しく紹介します。
  • 雲母を用いた紙:第3週で詳しく紹介します。

ビデオで紹介されている書物

  • 塋紙の例:万代和歌集、二十巻 文政三年(一八二〇)写 袋綴 三冊
    詳しく見る
  • 打ち紙の例:鶏肋集、江戸前期、写 袋綴 二冊
    詳しく見る

試してみましょう!

ビデオでは「打紙」を紹介していますが、皆さんも、厚い紙を何か硬いもので打ってみましょう。書きやすくなったでしょうか?

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