Kamo paper

Japanese: 加茂紙 - かもがみ
Kamo paper

Washi paper was made in the vicinity of Kamo in Echigo Province (Niigata Prefecture). It is an oval sized paper (25cm long, 30cm wide) made from paper mulberry. It was also called "Nisenmai paper" (2,000 sheets) because it was sold in folds of 20 and in bundles of 100 folds.

[Machida Masayuki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

越後(えちご)国(新潟県)加茂の近辺で漉(す)かれていた和紙。コウゾ(楮)を原料とした小判(縦25センチメートル、横30センチメートル)の紙である。20枚を1折(おり)、100折を1束として売られたことから「二千枚紙」ともよばれた。

[町田誠之]

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