著者

添田 泰弘 北本 拓磨 長谷川 光司

出版者

日本感性工学会

雑誌

日本感性工学会論文誌 (ISSN:18840833)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, no.1, pp.239-245, 2014

被引用文献数

1

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<I>Oshibori</I> is a small wet towel to wipe hands before meal in Japan. Most of researches on <I>oshibori</I> have investigated the towels from the perspective of cleaning and sanitation. Few studies have assessed the qualitative and sensory characteristics associated with <I>oshibori</I>. In this paper, subjective evaluation experiments were carried out using cotton <I>oshibori</I> of different temperatures such as 5, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 75 &deg;C in the laboratory temperature at 20, 25 and 30 &deg;C over four seasons. 29 males and 33 females evaluated <I>oshibori</I> on following properties such as &ldquo;favorite,&rdquo; &ldquo;rare,&rdquo; &ldquo;hot,&rdquo; &ldquo;feel-smooth,&rdquo; &ldquo;high-grade,&rdquo; &ldquo;comfortable,&rdquo; &ldquo;soft,&rdquo; and &ldquo;moist,&rdquo; according to five point grading. As results, the <I>oshibori</I> at the temperature of 5, 15, 45 and 60 &deg;C were evaluated to be comfortable. Contrary, those of 30 and 75 &deg;C were evaluated uncomfortable. Moreover, sexual specificity of the evaluation was observed.