The process of scraping off the barks and outer dark-colored layers
decides the condition of the blank part of my works.
In addition, this process relates to the color of paints more than any other process.
After this, cooking and
cleaning follow.
[Yuu]
The fiber of Kozo tree (paper mulberry). Stripped from the steamed Kozo stalks, it has been soaked in the river,
scraped the outer skin off to control the color, and again soaked in the mountain stream water: a beautiful fiber