Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A low shrub, Edgeworthia papyrifera, of the family Daphnaceæ, native to China and Japan, and cultivated in the latter country for its bark. The bark is used in the manufacture of the best grades of paper, especially when mixed with the fiber of the kozo and the ganpi. Compare ganpi.

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Examples

  • Her new show at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary, Bite the Dust, is a suite of fogged-over drawings on creamy white mitsumata paper.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed R.M. VAUGHAN 2011

  • Her new show at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary, Bite the Dust, is a suite of fogged-over drawings on creamy white mitsumata paper.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed R.M. VAUGHAN 2011

  • It consists of areca palm fronds, pittesporum, robina lilies, oneidium orchids, and mitsumata.

    ArchivesBlogs L'Archivista 2010

  • The centerpiece featured a large cylinder vase filled with sand and spray-painted Japanese mitsumata branches, which make a very big impact for minimal cost, and the other 2 vases (red and blue) - are accessories from my home (once again playing on the idea of re-purposing things you already own.)

    Hostess with the Mostess® 2009

  • Minamata disease Okazaki fragment kobeite mingei okimono kobu miso omi kochi, adj. mitsukurina Omuta, adj. kodogu mitsumata on kofu, adj.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1 1982

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