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Plant dye and mud alternated more than twenty times to reach a black no chemical dye can match.
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Mud dyeing is a technique of dyeing fibers using mud as a mordant. Color develops when tannin contained in the dye reacts with iron in the mud, and Oshima tsumugi and Bogolanfini are examples using the mud dyeing technique. It uses iron-containing mud as a mordant: by rubbing mud onto thread or cloth pre-dyed with dye, or soaking it in muddy water, the iron in the mud penetrates the fibers and reacts with the tannin in the dye to develop a blackish color.
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Founded / opened：1300 years ago Highlights / collection：Sharinbai dye liquid and mud paddy, Repeated more than 20 times Genre：Textiles and dyeing
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