Yellow cocoon thread - Kimayuito

Japanese: 黄繭糸 - きまゆいと
Yellow cocoon thread - Kimayuito

...Thread spun from a dupioni cocoon is called dupioni, and while raw silk in the broad sense includes dupioni, it is not included in the narrow sense.
[kinds]
Raw silk is broadly divided into white cocoon thread (also called white thread) and yellow cocoon thread (also called yellow thread) depending on the color of the raw cocoon, but the cocoon color of the silkworm varieties commonly bred today is white, and most raw silk is white cocoon thread. Yellow cocoon thread is only produced in small quantities in Southeast Asia.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "yellow cocoon thread" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…玉繭を繰った糸を玉糸というが,広義の生糸には玉糸を含めるが狭義の場合には含めない。
[種類]
 生糸は原料の繭色によって白繭糸(白糸ともいう)と黄繭糸(黄糸ともいう)に大別されるが,現在一般に飼育されている蚕品種の繭色は白であり,大部分の生糸は白繭糸である。黄繭糸は東南アジア地域でわずかに生産されているのみである。…

※「黄繭糸」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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