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GLOSSARY
atsu- : thick
-gami(-kami) : paper
harusame : spring rain
itajime : clamped between pieces of wood
kami(gami) : paper
muji- : plain-color
mura- : ombre, shading
nagare- : stream
unryu : dragon-in-cloud
usu- : thin
washi : japanese paper
-zome : dyed

Usugami-Murazome (extra thin paper)
Thinness comparison of major washi papers:

Usugami (o.k.a.Tengujoushi) is the thinnnest Washi paper in the world.
Murazome literally means being dyed unevenly or blocky,as you see in the image.
We have two kinds of Usugami: U-xxx and UM-xxx
UM-xxx is a bit less thinner than U-xxx
The picture below indicates how thin and transparent-looking Usugami paper(Tengujoushi) is.
The image shows how the letters look like when Usugami is placed on them.

Please note: this item is stored folded in four and will be shipped in this state,
so the folding lines are visible.
The color is same but the shading pattern may be slightly different
each time.
price:399 yen per sheet
Size: approx 64cm x 50cm (25.2in x 19.7 in)

Click for larger image..
aquamarine

U-281
lime green

U-282
maroon

U-278
red plus black

U-279
pinkish red

U-276
dark red

U-275
orange-tinged red

U-274
pink-tinged red

U-273
red

U-272
red

U-271
green
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U-254
green

U-253
green

U-252
green

U-219
green

U-192
gray

U-225
light gray

U-226
yellow

U-189
lemon yellow

U-190
red plus burgundy

U-196
very pale pink plus
violet-blue

U-232
dark brown

U-231
dark brown

U-230
dark brown

U-229
gray plus brown

U-88-B
brown

U-223
black plus
dark brown

U-218
orange plus gray

U-217
pink plus gray

U-215
orange plus gray

U-214
pink plus gray

U-213
yellowish green with
shade

U-208
lightskyblue plus
green

U-181
lightskyblue plus
violet

U-180
blue

U-179
greenish navy blue

U-178
clean blue

U-171
pale blue

U-169
paler blue

U-168
pale watery blue

U-167
very pale green

U-164
emperor red

U-159
blueish gray

U-156
red brown

U-155
brown

U-154
pale blue

U-153
bright watery blue

U-152
bright blue

U-151
gray plus brown

U-150
dark brown
verging on black

U-149
green plus blue

U-135
green plus gray

U-134
burgundy

U-132
deep blue

U-131
blueish gray

U-130
dull pink

U-129
dull brown

U-126
brown

U-125
dark green
verging on black

U-124
reddish brown

U-123
vilet

U-122
gray plus green

U-121
slategray

U-120
dark seagreen

U-119
navy blue

U-111
navy blue

U-110
light pink

U-109
darkslategray

U-108
black

U-107
deep gray

U-106
gray

U-105
gray

U-104
gray

U-103
gray

U-102
whitesmoke

U-101
gray

U-99


U-95


U-94
black and white

U-93
winered

U-92
greenish dark brown

U-91
dull orange

U-90
navy plus green

U-89
gray plus brown

U-88
green plus violet

U-87
pink plus blue

U-83
pink plus skyblue

U-82
green plus brown

U-81
blue plus white

U-80
skyblue plus white

U-79
deep blue

U-78
blue

U-77


U-74


U-73


U-72


U-71
dull orange

U-70


U-66


U-65
dark green

U-59


U-58


U-57
dull violetred

U-55
dull grayish green

U-52


U-51
darkolivegreen

U-50
shaded dark brown

U-45
shaded dull red

U-34


U-33
gray plus
dull yellowgreen

U-32
gray

U-31
gray

U-30
shaded redbrown

U-28
gray plus yellowgreen

U-22


U-18
brown

U-17


U-16
grayish brown

U-15


U-14
gray plus green

U-13


U-11
slateblue

U-10


U-9
orange

U-8


U-7
gray plus dull pink

U-6
yellowgreen

U-5
gray plus
yellowgreen

U-4


U-3
yellowgreen

U-2
gray plus
yellowgreen

U-1
white

UU-0



UM-xxx is a bit less thinner than U-xxx(extra thin paper)
Click for larger image.
cornflowerblue

UM-5B


UM-11


UM-5
turquoise plus violet

UM-180
dark blue

UM-179
blue plus white

UM-169
light blue
plus white

UM-168
pale turquoise

UM-15
pale cornflowerblue

UM-167
blue plus white

UM-184
pink plus blue

UM-83
pink plus blue

UM-12
blue plus pink

UM-244
blue plus bordeaux

UM-3
pink plus yellow

UM-245
pale green
plus gray

UM-246
orange

UM-4
red

UM-159
red, black and white

UM-161
shaded dark brown

UM-173
shaded orange

UM-33
dull brown

UM-13
grayish dull
bluegreen

UM-7
brown plus navy

UM-6
red brown

UM-155
orange

UM-4B
dull brown

UM-7B
pale grayish brown

UM-185
navyish gray

UM-209
indigo-tinged gray

UM-156
gray

UM-102
blueish gray

UM-10-B
black and white

UM-10
black

UM-8
black

UM-9
white

U-0
turquoise
plus green

UM-181
navy plus green

UM-247

green plus gray

UM-32
green-tinged navy

UM-178

shaded deep green

UM-124
bluegreen
plus green

UM-17
navy plus
yellowgreen

UM-208
blue plus yellow

UM-175
dull yellow

UM-18
lemon yellow

UM-190
yellowgreen

UM-2
green

UM-1
pale yellowgreen
plus gray

UM-122
bright yellowgreen

UM-176
pale green

UM-164
bright yellowgreen

UM-177
white

U-0




Large-sized Usugami-Murazome 
UMD-xxx: 945 yen per sheet
Size: approx 94cm x 63cm (37.0 in x 24.8 in)
Click for larger image.

UMD-5B

UMD-245

UMD-244

UMD-135

UMD-14

UMD-178

UMD-33

UMD-13

UMD-164

UMD-31-B

UMD-31

UMD-169

UMD-168

UMD-167

UMD-32

UMD-12

UMD-11

UMD-10

UMD-9

UMD-8

UMD-7

UMD-6

UMD-5

UMD-4

UMD-3

UMD-2

UMD-1