January 31, 2012

tsuginojibun: windypoplarsroom: Utagawa Hiroshige “Smalll Horned Owl On A Maple Branch Under A Full Moon” FOR ETSUKO FOR ME I read an essay last week (「貸しふんどしの話」) which claims that rental underwear was a major industry during the Edo period; that when the underwear was worn out it was washed, dyed indigo blue, and used as farm clothing; that when that was worn out, the indigo cloth was pounded and left to soak and ferment and release granules of blue color; and that those granules, gathered and hardened into sticks like ink, were the only blue pigment available before artificial colors made their way into the country. So. Keep that in mind.

tsuginojibun:

windypoplarsroom:

Utagawa Hiroshige

“Smalll Horned Owl On A Maple Branch Under A Full Moon”

FOR ETSUKO

FOR ME

I read an essay last week (「貸しふんどしの話」) which claims that rental underwear was a major industry during the Edo period; that when the underwear was worn out it was washed, dyed indigo blue, and used as farm clothing; that when that was worn out, the indigo cloth was pounded and left to soak and ferment and release granules of blue color; and that those granules, gathered and hardened into sticks like ink, were the only blue pigment available before artificial colors made their way into the country. So. Keep that in mind.

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