http://haikutopics.blogspot.jp/2006/09/candle-roosoku.html
. Doing Business in Edo - 江戸の商売 .
Recycling and Reuse - リサイクル と 再生 / 再使用
roosoku no nagare kai ロウソクの流れ買い buying candle wax drippings
He bought the last bit of wax of burned-out candles, determining the prize after weighing the wax. Then they melted it all and make new candles in this recycle process.
The wax dripping down on candles was also called
roorui 蝋涙 "tears of wax"
岡場所錦絵 辰巳八景ノ内 香蝶楼国貞
(遊郭で使うぶら提灯は通常より大きい。
後ろは高張提灯 (in the back a Takahara Chochin lantern)
Geisha on the way home. Their lanterns (and thus candles) were extra large.
- source : cleanup.jp/life
roosokushi, roosoku shi 蠟燭師 making candles in Edo
roosokuya 蠟燭屋 Rosoku-ya
In the Edo period, people used Andon lamps and Chochin lanterns with candles for light in the evening.
The candles were made with
mokuroo 木蝋 "tree wax". kiroo 生蝋 - "Japan wax"
from from ハゼノキ Haze, Toxicodendron succedaneum.
A lump of tree wax - photo : wikipedia -
"Only the purest Sumac wax is used (to assure a high quality candle), special attention goes to producing a perfect wick (which is most essential to create a safe candle to keep your house from burning) and only certain colors are allowed.
(see article by YoCo above)
Since 1624, many candle makers in Edo lived in Kanda, Roosokuchoo 蠟燭町 Rosoku district, in Kanda.
source : dhanow.ldblog.jp/archives
東京府神田區蠟燭町
In 1933, it was re-named to 神田旭町、神田司町一丁目. Kanda Asahicho.
The candle makers collected the ingredients by October and most candles were made in the cold winter months, outside their shops, to get some cool, since they had to sit in front of a huge chauldron with hot wax and prepare the candles with their hands.
The finished candles were often polished with a bamboo spatula.
source : edo-g.com/blog/2016/02/shomei.htm
The candles had various sized according to their use and the price was adjusted to the amount of wax used.
The colorful candles from Aizu were already popular in the Edo period.
. Edo craftsmen 江戸の職人 shokunin .
. andon 行灯 Andon lanterns and lamps - .
- choochin 提灯 Chochin lanterns
and a modern Warosoku candle maker in Kyoto,
中村ろうそく Nakamura Rosoku Shop
5 steps in making a candle :
1 -- Prepare the wick
by wrapping rush around thinly coiled Japanese paper.
2 -- [Under Coating]
After the wick has set, the candle is hand-coated with wax over and over again. After multiple coatings, the candle becomes thick.
3 -- [Upper Coating]
Special techniques are used to create the special atmosphere of Wa-rosoku. After 4-5 iterations by hand, the deep green candle suddenly becomes white. This technique is said to require the most refined and polished skill out of the candle making art.
4 [Pulling Out The Core]
A cutting tool is used to gently pull out the wick. Afterwards, if necessary, cinnabar is applied.
5 [Applying the Cinnabar]
The mix of the white from the pure wood sap and the cinnabar colorant makes for a beautiful white candle with an expressive surface pattern. Extremely high skill is needed to uniformly apply the thin coating.
- Read more information here
- source : jcrafts.com/eg/shop/special -
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. Doing Business in Edo - 江戸の商売 .
Recycling and Reuse - リサイクル と 再生 / 再使用
roosoku no nagare kai ロウソクの流れ買い buying candle wax drippings
He bought the last bit of wax of burned-out candles, determining the prize after weighing the wax. Then they melted it all and make new candles in this recycle process.
The wax dripping down on candles was also called
roorui 蝋涙 "tears of wax"
岡場所錦絵 辰巳八景ノ内 香蝶楼国貞
(遊郭で使うぶら提灯は通常より大きい。
後ろは高張提灯 (in the back a Takahara Chochin lantern)
Geisha on the way home. Their lanterns (and thus candles) were extra large.
- source : cleanup.jp/life
roosokushi, roosoku shi 蠟燭師 making candles in Edo
roosokuya 蠟燭屋 Rosoku-ya
In the Edo period, people used Andon lamps and Chochin lanterns with candles for light in the evening.
The candles were made with
mokuroo 木蝋 "tree wax". kiroo 生蝋 - "Japan wax"
from from ハゼノキ Haze, Toxicodendron succedaneum.
A lump of tree wax - photo : wikipedia -
"Only the purest Sumac wax is used (to assure a high quality candle), special attention goes to producing a perfect wick (which is most essential to create a safe candle to keep your house from burning) and only certain colors are allowed.
(see article by YoCo above)
Since 1624, many candle makers in Edo lived in Kanda, Roosokuchoo 蠟燭町 Rosoku district, in Kanda.
source : dhanow.ldblog.jp/archives
東京府神田區蠟燭町
In 1933, it was re-named to 神田旭町、神田司町一丁目. Kanda Asahicho.
The candle makers collected the ingredients by October and most candles were made in the cold winter months, outside their shops, to get some cool, since they had to sit in front of a huge chauldron with hot wax and prepare the candles with their hands.
The finished candles were often polished with a bamboo spatula.
source : edo-g.com/blog/2016/02/shomei.htm
The candles had various sized according to their use and the price was adjusted to the amount of wax used.
The colorful candles from Aizu were already popular in the Edo period.
. Edo craftsmen 江戸の職人 shokunin .
. andon 行灯 Andon lanterns and lamps - .
- choochin 提灯 Chochin lanterns
and a modern Warosoku candle maker in Kyoto,
中村ろうそく Nakamura Rosoku Shop
5 steps in making a candle :
1 -- Prepare the wick
by wrapping rush around thinly coiled Japanese paper.
2 -- [Under Coating]
After the wick has set, the candle is hand-coated with wax over and over again. After multiple coatings, the candle becomes thick.
3 -- [Upper Coating]
Special techniques are used to create the special atmosphere of Wa-rosoku. After 4-5 iterations by hand, the deep green candle suddenly becomes white. This technique is said to require the most refined and polished skill out of the candle making art.
4 [Pulling Out The Core]
A cutting tool is used to gently pull out the wick. Afterwards, if necessary, cinnabar is applied.
5 [Applying the Cinnabar]
The mix of the white from the pure wood sap and the cinnabar colorant makes for a beautiful white candle with an expressive surface pattern. Extremely high skill is needed to uniformly apply the thin coating.
- Read more information here
- source : jcrafts.com/eg/shop/special -
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