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| Gromwell, lithospermum erythrorhizon (murasaki) |
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Red from Saffron (benibana); yellow, gardenia
black of indigo, nut of the betel palm tree (binro) | |
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| Yellow is miscanthus tinctorus (kariyasu) and tumeric (ukon | | |
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Red from sappan wood (suoh) treated with ash.
and brown (tamakusu) |
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Red is sappan wood (suoh); yellow, tumeric (ukon), blue and black are indigo (aizome)
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| Red is sappan wood (suoh); brown (tamakusu) |
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| Indigo (ai) |
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| Mountain peach bark (shibuki or yamamomo) |
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Natural brown cotton or tea colored cotton (chawata)
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This loom was known as the cripple loom because when seated at the loom the weaver's feet were tied to the shafts.
