Karakami paper

Japanese: 唐紙 - からかみ

〘Noun〙 (meaning Tang-style paper)① Paper made to imitate paper imported from China. Various colored patterns are printed on it, and some are painted with gold and silver. ※Utsubo (around 970-999) Rojojo: "A three-foot-long sheet of paper was hung on the wax ceiling for the master of the house as well." ※Essays, Teijo Miscellany (around 1784) 14: "Painting the walls, sliding doors, and paper screens of a zabuton with paper has been around since ancient times." ② Abbreviation of "karakami shoji (paper screen)." ※Shinsen Rokujo (around 1244) 5: "Even tonight, I'm busy, so I've decided to meet you, but this paper is different and I've made it myself ( Fujiwara Tomoie)." ③ Name of the color of the weave. The warp is white and the weft is yellow. ④ Name of the color of the overlapping layers . The front is white and the back is yellow. ※Matsusasuke Shozokusho (1184) 3 "Karakami, light blue, these are all white and yellow on the back"⑤ In particular, brothels and prostitutes in the Shinagawa pleasure quarters during the Edo period. In Shinagawa brothels, only two or three lower-ranking prostitutes were displayed on the wall, and the name of the shop, the prostitute, and their seal were written on the paper on the front. ※Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-nii (1786) "When the paper is rubbed, a large Buddha appears."

To-shi Tau... [Karakami]

〘Noun〙 A general term for paper produced in southern China. In the old days, it was made from paper mulberry bark, and was imported from the Nara period for use as paper for copying sutras. Paper imported from the Muromachi period onwards was made mainly from bamboo, and although it was fragile, it held ink well, and was often used for calligraphy and painting. High-quality paper was called Kebe, and low-quality paper was called Renshi. *Kokin Chomonshu (1254), Vol. 5: "The commentary was written on two pieces of white paper."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (唐風の紙の意)① 中国渡来の紙に模して作った紙。種々の色模様が摺り出してあり、金・銀泥を塗ったものもある。※宇津保（970‐999頃）楼上上「ろうの天上に三尺のからかみを、かむのおとどの御にも、これにもかけたまへり」※随筆・貞丈雑記（1784頃）一四「座鋪の壁、襖、障子などをから紙にてはる事は古よりある事也」② 「からかみしょうじ（唐紙障子）」の略。※新撰六帖（1244頃）五「今宵さへ事しげしとて逢ふことをちがへやりどのたてるからかみ〈藤原知家〉」③ 織色の名。経(たていと)が白、緯(よこいと)が黄。④ 襲(かさね)の色目の名。表が白、裏が黄。※満佐須計装束抄（1184）三「からかみ・うすいろ・これらは皆白きすずし裏なり」⑤ 特に、江戸時代、品川の遊里の妓楼や女郎。品川の妓楼では二、三の下級女郎のみを張見世に出し、その正面の唐紙に店や女郎の名や合印を書いたところからいう。※雑俳・柳多留‐二一（1786）「から紙を品々こすと大仏」