8. Scooping the solution
There are two methods of making paper, Tame-zuki and Nagashi-zuki. Tame-zuki is the method imported from ancient China. The solution of paper material is scooped in the vat with a wire-netted framed screen once, and while kept horizontal, the frame is shaken back and forth, left and right to mingle the fiber well.
Nagashi-zuki is an exclusive method developed in Japan about 1000 years ago, between
the Nara period and the Heian period, following the discovery of Neri in almost the same period. The solution of paper material is scooped with Sukiketa or a bamboo-netted framed screen and is shaken back and forth, left and right horizontally. This is repeated several times, but the number of times the paper is scooped depends on the thickness of the paper to be produced. |