Construction paper - Mozoushi

Japanese: 模造紙 - もぞうし
Construction paper - Mozoushi

A high-quality paper for printing, writing, office work, and packaging, made by machine using chemical pulp to resemble kyokushi. Kyokushi was originally a pale yellow handmade paper made by the Japanese Printing Bureau using mitsumata as the main ingredient, rosin size instead of kneading and filler (an auxiliary agent used to increase the opacity of paper), and tamemizuki (a method of papermaking) to imitate torinoko, and was extremely expensive. In the early Meiji period, in Europe, sulfite pulp was beaten into a sticky form to imitate kyokushi, but instead of kneading and filler, it was rosin sized and produced in large quantities and cheaply by machine papermaking, hence the name. Currently in Japan, it is divided into A, B, and C imitations. A imitations are super calendared, B imitations are machine calendared, and C imitations are made from unbleached sulfite pulp. Since neither paper uses fillers during papermaking, it contains less ash than regular printing paper.

[Akio Mita April 18, 2016]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

局紙(きょくし)に似せ、化学パルプを用い機械抄(ず)きによって製造した上質の印刷・筆記・事務および包装用の紙。局紙は元来日本の印刷局で、三椏(みつまた)を主原料とし、練りと填料(てんりょう)(紙の不透明度を増加させるために用いる助剤)にかわってロジンサイズを使用し、溜(た)め漉(ず)きにより鳥の子に模して製造した淡黄色の手すきの紙であり、きわめて高価なものであった。明治の初めヨーロッパで局紙にまねて亜硫酸パルプを粘状叩解(こうかい)したものを、練りと填料を用いずロジンサイズを施し、機械抄きによって大量にかつ安く製造したため、この名がある。現在日本ではA模造、B模造およびC模造に分けられる。A模造はスーパーカレンダー仕上げ、B模造はマシンカレンダー仕上げ、C模造は未晒(みさらし)亜硫酸パルプを原料としたものである。いずれも抄造の際に填料を用いないので、通常の印刷紙に比べ灰分含有量が少ない。

[御田昭雄 2016年4月18日]

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