Iyosenka - Iyosenka

…It is written in various ways, such as Senka, Senka, Senka, and Senka, but the gravestone at Anrakuji Temple reads “Senka Koji.” The Uwajima Domain divided the offices that handled paper into Senkakata and Hanshikata, and as a result of their efforts to promote Senka paper, production flourished, and not only was it milled in the Yoshida Domain and Ozu Domain, but it was also milled in Tosa, Awa, Sumoto, Miyoshi (Bingo), Yoshino, and other areas, and summarized as Iyo Senka. The distinctive feature of the method of making Senka paper is that it is made by preparing two sheets of coarse bamboo slats (formerly called “shinosu” because it was made of reeds, but now called bamboo slats) and fine bamboo slats (called higosu), and after each sheet is milled, the two sheets of wet paper are layered together into one. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Iyosenka" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…表記は仙花･仙貨･仙過･千花などいろいろあるが，安楽寺に残る墓碑には〈泉貨居士〉とある。宇和島藩は紙を取り扱う役所を泉貨方と半紙方に分けて，泉貨紙の奨励に努めた結果，生産が盛んになり，本場の宇和島藩以外に吉田藩や大洲藩でもすかれて伊予泉貨としてまとめられるばかりでなく，土佐･阿波･洲本･三次(備後)･吉野などでも泉貨紙がすかれるようになった。泉貨紙の製法の特色は，粗いひごの簀（す）(昔は萱（かや）だったので〈しの簀〉というが，現在は竹ひご)と細かいひごの簀(ひご簀という)の2枚を用意し，それぞれですいた後，2枚の湿紙を1枚に重ね合わせる点にある。…

※「伊予泉貨」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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