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Rice paper is an umbrella term that has been used to collectively refer to several paper-like materials from East-Asia made from various plants. In different context ''rice paper'' may refer to: *''Thin peeled dried pith of Tetrapanax papyrifer'': A sheet-like "paper" material was used extensively in late 19th century Guangdong China as a common support medium for gouache paintings sold to Western clients of the era. The term was first defined in the Chinese-English Dictionary of Robert Morrison who referred to the use of the Chinese medicinal plant as material for painting, as well as for making artificial flowers and shoe soles.〔 *''Xuan paper made from paper mulberry'': The traditional paper which originated in ancient China and it has been used for centuries in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam for writing, artwork, and architecture. *''Various pulp-based papers'': May be made from the rice straw〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.answers.com/topic/rice-paper )〕 or other plants, such as hemp and bamboo. *''Dried starch sheets of various thickness or texture'': These ''edible paper'' sheets have some properties of pulp paper and can be made from rice starch. They are known as banh trang, used in Vietnamese cuisine. ==Rice paper plant== In Europe, around the 1900s, a paperlike substance was originally known as rice paper, due to the mistaken notion that it is made from rice. In fact, it consists of the pith of a small tree, ''Tetrapanax papyrifer'', the ''rice paper plant'' (蓪草). The plant grows in the swampy forests of Taiwan, and is also cultivated as an ornamental plant for its large, exotic leaves.〔George W. Staples and Derral R. Herbst. 2005. "A Tropical Garden Flora". Bishop Museum Press: Honolulu, HI, USA.〕 In order to produce the paper, the boughs are boiled and freed from bark. The cylindrical core of pith is rolled on a hard flat surface against a knife, by which it is cut into thin sheets of a fine ivory-like texture. Dyed in various colours, this rice paper is extensively used for the preparation of artificial flowers, while the white sheets are employed for watercolor drawings. Due to its texture, this paper is not suited for writing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rice paper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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