How sweet is this!
Thanks Allison!
- 【漉く· 抄く】
- godan く verb → conjugation:
- to make something (i.e. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it
The Echizen Papermaking Song
You can listen to it on YouTube: http://youtu.be/EA7slxjlRpc
五箇に生まれて紙漉き習うて 横座弁慶で人廻す
Born in Goka, learn papermaking , now managing
a paper studio.
(Goka is another name when people call this
paper village. Go means five. The village is composed of the
five towns. )
神の授けをそのまま継いで 親も子も漉く 孫も漉く
Taking after what God gave, parents and
children make paper, grandchildren make paper.
(God here means Paper goddess worshipped by
people since 719 )
七つ八つから紙漉き習うて ネリの合加減 まだ知らぬ
Having learned papermaking since age seven or
eight, still don't know how to mix neri very well.
(Neri is how we called `the mediation aid` to
mix materials well in water.)
