Red silk - Momi

Japanese: 紅絹 - もみ
Red silk - Momi

A thin silk fabric dyed with crimson, it was used mainly for the lining of kosode (short sleeves). In Japan, there has long been a custom of using things dyed with crimson for undergarments and linings. This probably stems from a belief in the medicinal properties of crimson, but because of this there was a huge demand for crimson silk, which must have accounted for a significant portion of crimson dyeing. Usually, it was dyed yellow with turmeric, then crimson was applied on top to create the so-called maple-leaf scarlet color. Since the Meiji period, chemical dyes have been used mainly to replace crimson silk dyed with real crimson, but in recent times crimson silk has been used for linings only in very special ceremonial wear, and so its uses have become increasingly limited.

[Yamabe Tomoyuki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

紅で染めた薄手の絹布で、もっぱら小袖(こそで)の裏などに用いられた。日本では古くから紅で染めたものを肌着や裏地に用いる習慣がある。これはおそらく紅の薬物的な効力に対する信憑(しんぴょう)感から出たものであろうが、このために紅絹の需要は非常に多く、紅染めの相当部分を占めたものであろう。通常、鬱金(うこん)で黄に下染めした上へ紅をかけて、いわゆるもみじ色の緋(ひ)色に染め上げた。明治時代以後は、本紅を用いた紅絹にかわって化学染料がもっぱら用いられているが、近ごろはごく特殊な式服などのほかは裏地に紅絹を使うことがなくなったので、しだいに用途が狭くなってきた。

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