Cotton

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  • Japanese: 木綿 (momen)

Cotton was first introduced to Japan in the late Nara or early Heian period, and was grown and used widely by the Tokugawa period.

References

  • Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 297n278.