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This is the starting material: Dried kozo and mitsumata
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The dried kozo is soaked in water and later washed
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Remove the black spots (leftover skin)
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Cook in alkali solution (soda ash) for 2 hours and leave to rest until the next day
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Detail of cooked kozo
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The cooked kozo has been beaten and put in a blender to produce the pulp
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After mixing the pulp wery well in plenty water, add neri and stir well the mixture
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Sheet formation using Nagashisuki method
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Detail of screen: third scoop, waving
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Detail of sheet of paper about to be removed from the screen
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Drying the individual sheets of paper on a glass panel
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Curled dry sheets of paper
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