Eisho

Japanese: 瑩生 - えいしょう
Eisho

…To make it easier to write on, the paper had to be processed by beating it with a hammer (uchigami) or polishing it with an animal's tusk (eishi). At the sutra copying studio, there were eisho who carried out these tasks. Due to the difficulties of processing the raw materials and the difficulty of writing on the paper, the method of making hemp paper seems to have disappeared around the middle of the Heian period. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Eisei" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そこで槌で紙を打つ打紙(うちがみ)や動物のきばで磨く瑩紙(えいし)などの加工をして,書きやすくしなければならない。写経所には,その作業を行う瑩生(えいしよう)がいた。こうした原料処理の困難や書きにくさなどのため,平安時代の中期ころには,麻紙の製法は絶えたものとみられる。…

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