Sekishu-banshi paper

Japanese: 石州半紙 - せきしゅうばんし

Washi paper produced in Misumi-cho, Hamada City, and Sakurae-cho, Gotsu City, Shimane Prefecture. Particularly high-quality washi paper made from locally grown paper mulberry was known as "Sekishu-banshi." It is also called Iwami-banshi. There is a theory that Kakinomoto no Hitomaro taught the manufacturing method to the general public during the Nara period. Iwami Province is listed as a paper-producing area in the Engishiki (927). It is thought to have been actively produced in the Middle Ages as well. It is of high quality and is often used for writing and painting paper. In the Edo period, the Tsuwano and Hamada domains had a strict paper monopoly system, and the name Sekishu-banshi was widely known. It was designated as a traditional craft by the country in 1989. The manufacturing technique was designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property by the country in 1969. It was registered as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2009, and in 2014 it was relisted as "Washi: Japanese Handmade Paper Techniques" along with Hosokawa-shi and Honmino-shi.
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Japanese:

島根県浜田市三隅町，江津市桜江町で生産される和紙。地元産のコウゾを用いた特に良質の和紙は〈石州半紙〉として知られた。岩見半紙ともいわれる。奈良時代に柿本人麻呂が民衆に製法を伝えたという説もある。《延喜式》（927年）に紙の生産地として石見国があげられている。中世にも盛んに生産されていたと考えられる。高品質で，書画用紙に多く用いられる。江戸時代には津和野・浜田両藩において徹底した紙専売制が行われ，石州半紙の名は広く知られた。1989年国の伝統的工芸品に指定。その製造技術は1969年に国の重要無形文化財に指定された。2009年にはユネスコの無形文化遺産に登録され，2014年に〈和紙日本の手漉和紙技術〉として細川紙と本美濃紙とともに再記載された。
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