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The Mino Washi is also performing swaying horizontally [ original with the Mino Washi ] in the case of paper milling in addition to swaying perpendicularly. There is beauty of a fiber when it spaces through the color of the paper which gives a soft impression, and the light of the sun and sees in the Mino Washi. Moreover, natural processing is kept in mind, without using medicine.
 
That's right. B seal which is the size of paper is original with Japan originating in the Mino Washi. The publication at the time of Meiji and Taisho had many things on the basis of the Mino Washi, and the official document was also one of them. There are two kinds of sizes, A seal and B seal, in Japan now. The engineering specification of Germany of A seal is the origin.
 
As a factor, it is environment-friendly reasons that many of materials are grown in the fields and to hardly use chemicals. Moreover, the Washi which it finished using is also recyclable.
 
       
 
It is about ten days. For details, please look at "the flow of making Washi" in "the knowledge of the Mino Washi."
 
It seems that paper milling was carried out as work in winter [ from / spring / in autumn ] a long time ago in many cases since it was the life based on agricultural. Although there were many places made into the special occupation now, paper milling was carried out as a side job a long time ago.
 
It is because water is comparatively clean in winter. Therefore, impurities cannot go into a fiber easily and strong Japanese paper is made well involving fibers. Moreover, seemingly, the wrinkles of paper will also decrease.
 
       
 
paper is made using much medicine. Therefore, it will be connected with water and paper will be acidified. However, medicine is hardly used for Japanese paper, and since paper is neutral, degradation does not take place easily. And since there is a fiber not less than an average of 9 mm, it is strong (paper is an average of 1`3 mm).
 
Although there are various reasons, it has been said that there are few making Japanese paper's taking time and craftsmen etc. Extraction of materials is not easy compared with paper, either. As it was about pushed for paper by convenient machine make on about the 10th compared with this Japanese paper by completion, the number of craftsmen became fewer rapidly nationally.
 
Generally the field been smooth is called table and the rough field is called reverse side. Since he thinks that a way may be coarsely referred to as liking to use in the bottom when maneuvering, it may be necessary to care about neither a table nor the reverse side depending on a use.
 
       
 
If a conclusion is said, the fiber which constitutes paper will not necessarily melt. It only seems to have melted, in order that a fiber might get loose scatteringly underwater in fact.
 
Used paper points out the paper used once in a home, a company, etc. When used paper is heard, it may have the image of being dirty, but there is no such thing. If used paper is collected, it can be again born as resources.
 
It is direction of a fiber. Incidentally, the case where the eye of paper is parallel is called eye length, and the contrary is said to the longer one of the neighborhood of paper as a side glance. Since it has intensity, it is important for books that the eye of a direction and paper open [ the book ] is parallel.
 
 
 
       
 

It is about 4 kg. About 8% of material wood becomes materials, and it becomes paper about 4% of the half. Even after becoming paper, the mere handful which there was neither a crack nor dirt, or inspected carefully by people's eyes, was removed and was chosen reaches our origin.

 
Since the features of Japanese paper are "it lasts long" and "good [ water absorbency ]", it is very effective, when you would like to have saved that notes of was taken for a long time, or when using the Japanese paper which turned into an absorbent paper. It may be interesting even if a time capsule etc. use from the letter addressed to itself. [ of the future ]
 
It is the work which was cultivated by the craftsman's experience and which can accomplish clear ability. The craftsman is getting thorough training so that beautiful Japanese paper which is made into goods can be made. By continuing making paper for years, it can make in the same thickness from feeling.
 
 
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