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This document discusses the history of paper marbling in East Asia. It mentions that one of the earliest known references to a marbling technique in China was described in a 10th century text that discussed a type of decorative paper called "drifting-sand paper" made in Sichuan by dragging paper through colored pastes. A second Chinese marbling style used honey locust pods and croton oil to disperse dyes. The oldest known example of Japanese suminagashi marbling appears in a 12th century text. Various theor

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Janice Bachelder

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