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mitsumata|ˌmɪtsʊˈmɑːtə|
[Japanese.]
A deciduous shrub, Edgeworthia papyrifera, bearing clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, belonging to the family Thymelæaceæ, and native to China, although widely cultivated in Japan, where its bast fibre is used in the manufacture of paper. Also attrib.
1889J. Rein Industries of Japan iii. 402 Mitzu-mata (Edgeworthia) paper has also a distinctly marked yellow colour. 1891B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese (ed. 2) 334 Several plants and trees contribute their bark to the manufacture of Japanese paper... The one most easily recognised by the unlearned is the Edgeworthia papyrifera, which has the peculiarity that its branches always divide into three at every articulation, whence the Japanese name of mitsu-mata, or ‘the three forks’. 1936D. Hunter Papermaking Pilgrimage Japan, Korea & China iii. 45 The so-called ‘vellum’—that smooth, long-fibred, natural-toned paper sometimes used in the printing of fine books and etchings..is made largely from the bark of the mitsumata shrub. 1947― Papermaking (ed. 2) ii. 57 The origin of mitsumata (Edgeworthia papyrifera) as a papermaking material is uncertain, but there is a record stating that in the year 1597 a papermaking family was granted the privilege of gathering mitsumata bark in a certain locality of Japan. 1974G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 223/2 E[dgeworthia] papyrifera... Cultivated for the bark fibres which are used, particularly in Japan to make a hand-made paper (Nepal Paper, Mitsumata Paper). |