Torinoko paper - Torinoko paper

Japanese: 鳥の子紙 - とりのこがみ

A type of washi paper. It is also called Torinoko because of its smooth surface and pale yellow luster like a chicken egg. It is a high-quality paper made mainly from gampi (a type of ganpi) and mixed with kozo (paper mulberry). It is available in thick and thin varieties. The theory that it originated in Toriko Village, Naka County, Hitachi Province, is probably a later addition. It was widely used from the Northern and Southern Courts period to the Muromachi period, and was used for short strips of paper, folding screens, sliding door paper, kanjincho (a type of book with a kanji character for a kanji character), and other elaborately designed books. Since thick paper could be copied on both sides, it was used for books bound in a sticky leaf binding style (→ sticky leaf binding) rather than the common bag-bound style. Later, Mitsumata (a type of mitsumata) was used, and this continues to the present day. Tsuruga in Echizen Province and Nashio in Settsu Province were known as famous production areas.

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Japanese:

和紙の一つ。単に鳥の子ともいい，紙面がなめらかで鶏卵のような淡黄色の光沢があるので，こう呼ばれる。ガンピ (雁皮)をおもな材料とし，コウゾ (楮)なども加えて漉 (す) いた良質紙。厚手と薄手がある。常陸国那珂郡鳥子村を原産地とする説は，後世の付会であろう。南北朝時代から室町時代に盛んに用いられ，短冊，屏風，襖 (ふすま) 紙，勧進帳をはじめ意匠を凝らした書物の用紙に用いられた。厚手のものは，表裏に写字できたから，一般的な袋綴 (ふくろとじ) ではなく，粘葉綴 (でっちょうとじ) にした書物に用いられた (→粘葉装 ) 。のちミツマタ (三椏) を用いるようになって現在に及んでいる。越前国敦賀 (つるが) や摂津国名塩が名産地とされた。

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