Browsing library materials—A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 4Was ebony-colored paper a hallmark of imperial documents!?

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The series Browsing Library Materials features old documents from medieval Japan that require a bit of explanation to be fully appreciated. Here is a list of the past articles of the same series:Browsing library materials―A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 1: A document from an arrogant sender? (No. 212, June 2017) Browsing library materials―A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 2: Shoguns of the Kamakura Shogunate "reigned but did not rule"? (No. 213, August 2017)Browsing library materials—A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 3: A document within a document? (No. 214, October 2017).