Tosa paper

Japanese: 土佐紙 - とさがみ

Handmade washi paper produced in Tosa Province (Kochi Prefecture) for about 1000 years. Shortly after Yamauchi Kazutoyo entered Tosa, the Yamauchi family presented it to the Tokugawa family year after year. During the Edo Period, Tosa was already the number one paper-producing region and had established advanced papermaking techniques. It produces a wide variety of high-quality washi paper, the main of which, classified by raw material, are as follows: (1) Kozo Tengucho (thin white paper made by extracting delicate fibers using gauze. Also exported overseas and used for wrapping precious metals, copying calligraphy and paintings, filtering coffee, etc.), Tosa Shoin (high-quality pure white shoji paper), Sugihara (official paper for samurai), Takenaga (for women's hair ornaments), Kosugihara (kaishi), Tosa Karakami (for calligraphy), and calligraphy paper. (2) Mitsumata Tokin (pure white record paper), Wakamidori (for copying), Sasuki Shoin (for records), Ushiiri Shoin (for letter paper), Hanshi, Hankiri, Hakuhoshi (for calligraphy), Zubikishi (for blueprints). (3) Gampi copy paper.

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Japanese:

約 1000年前から土佐国 (高知県) で産した手すき和紙。山内一豊の土佐入国後まもなく，山内家から年々徳川家に献上したもの。江戸時代にすでに紙産地の第1位に立って高度な紙すき技術を確立した土佐の和紙生産は，多種類の優良品を生産しているが，おもなものを原料別にあげると次のとおり。 (1) コウゾ　典具帖 (繊細な繊維を紗を用いて抄出した白色の薄紙。海外にも輸出し貴金属の包装，書画の模写，コーヒーのろ過などに使う) ，土佐書院 (純白な障子紙の優良品) ，杉原 (武士の公式用紙) ，丈長 (婦人の髪飾り用) ，小杉原 (懐紙) ，土佐唐紙 (揮毫用) ，半紙。 (2) ミツマタ　東錦 (純白な記録用紙) ，若緑 (複写用) ，紗漉書院 (記録用) ，脂入書院 (便箋用) ，半紙，半切，白鳳紙 (揮毫用) ，図引紙 (青写真の原画用) 。 (3) ガンピ　コピー紙。

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