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美麻村: Hemp harvest
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美術館:
See also: Old prints about hemp farming
See also: きせる
See also: 浮世絵
See also: 長野県の美麻村
See also: Hemp and sumo
See also: 麻の葉
See also: Other hemp images

参照項目:
See also: 「日本の麻」図書館
See also: 美麻村, Hemp tools, Hemp museum, Building with Hemp

Miasa village: Hemp cultivation

Asamaki: sowing in late April
used to be done with horses
Asamaki: sowing in late April
used to be done with horses
Mabiki (thin out).
10-14 days after germination
Again 7-10 days after first time.
Mabiki (thin out).
10-14 days after germination
Again 7-10 days after first time.
Asakogi: pulling up by the roots
Asakogi: pulling up
by the roots
Haotoshi: Stripping the 
leaves with a sickle
Haotoshi: Stripping the
leaves with a sickle
Yorihoshi: Drying the stems
Yorihoshi: Drying the stems
Yorihoshi: Drying the stems
Yorihoshi: Drying the stems
Kokogake: Use straw 
mats to protect stems 
from rainfall
Kokogake: Use straw
mats to protect stems
from rainfall
Hoshikaeshi: After yorihoshi
put the stems in the fields for
3-4 more days, then store them
in barn until December.
Hoshikaeshi: After yorihoshi
put the stems in the fields for
3-4 more days, then store them
in barn until December.
Hoshikaeshi: After yorihoshi
put the stems in the fields for
3-4 more days, then store them
in barn until December.
Hoshikaeshi: After yorihoshi
put the stems in the fields for
3-4 more days, then store them
in barn until December.


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Asani: Boiling hemp stalks in December.
Boiling with soda or pot ash in iron 
pot (ogama) makes hemp fibre 
soft as cotton.
In December hemp stalks
are boiled (asani) in an
iron pot (ogama) with soda
or pot ash. This process
produces hemp fibre that is
as soft as cotton.


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Asakaki: peeling 
bark off the stalks
Asakaki: peeling bark off the stalks
Drying in the smoke over a fire.
Drying in the smoke over a fire.
Processed hemp
Selecting for fibre quality
Selecting for fibre quality


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cult15.jpg

Hemp fibre ready for shipment (Miasa Mura, 1944)


参照項目:
See also: 美麻村, Hemp tools, Hemp museum, Building with Hemp


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