Tamba-fu Dyeing

Various plants are used as raw materials for dyeing, such as the barks of Japanese star anise (shikimi) and cherry trees , gramineous weeds like anthraxon hispidus (kobunagusa), Japanese walnut (onigurumi), Japanese green alder (yashabushi), and chestnut hulls that are a special products of Tamba. Iron and lye are used as mordants to bring out the distinctive subtle hues of Tamba-fu.