Raw wax - Kiro

Japanese: 生蠟 - きろう
Raw wax - Kiro

…When it was imported again during the Muromachi period, the manufacturing method was also introduced. Wax was made from the Yamahaze, which grew wild in Japan, but as the haze arrived in the Ryukyu Islands and spread to other areas, it was used again. To make wax from the haze, the fruit is collected, steamed in a seiro to soften it, and pounded in a mortar to make raw wax. The raw wax is then exposed to sunlight to turn it into bleached wax (white wax), which is then used to make candles. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "raw wax" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…室町時代にふたたび輸入されたときに,その製法も伝えられ,日本に自生していたヤマハゼから蠟を製したが,ハゼが琉球に到来し各地に広がるにしたがい,ハゼを利用した。ハゼから蠟を製するには,実を採取し,せいろうで蒸して爛(ただ)らかせ,臼でついて生蠟(きろう)にする。さらに生蠟を太陽光線でさらして晒蠟(さらしろう)(白蠟(はくろう))にし,これからろうそくをつくる。…

※「生蠟」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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