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Birdlime Manufacturing Method

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Birdlime Manufacturing MethodTorimochi no Seiho

The bark of a tree called the Hosoba-tochigi (Ilex rotunda) is scraped off, soaked in pond water, and after a long time, it is taken out and boiled in hot water to make birdlimetorimochi. This is mentioned in the Honzo Hitsudoku (Essential Reading on Herbalism). This tree is abundant in the mountains of Kumano in Kii Province. The local people gather it, manufacture birdlime, and make it their family business. The leaves of the tree are narrowhosoku and softyawarakani and green, and its fruitmi is red, resembling the berriesmi of the heavenly bamboo (Nandina). The treeskodachi are beautiful, and they look splendid when used as hedgeskaki.

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collection, "Nihon Sankai Meibutsu Zue Vol. 2"
Place where the tree bark is stripped
Place where the birdlime tree is soaked in the pond
Scraping the bark of the tree called Hosoba-tochigi and soaking it in pond water
Taking it out after a long time and boiling it in hot water to make birdlimetorimochi


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