PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clarification material for liquid or gas, that is less likely to cause clogging and that has an excellent durability, in addition to the excellent clarification ability.SOLUTION: Provided is: a clarification material made from Japanese paper yarn knitting or fabric in which a Japanese paper yarn obtained by thinly slitting Japanese paper and twisting the same into a yarn, is used, and in which the fabric has a sum of (A) a warp yarn number per inch and (B) a weft yarn number, (A+B), of 50 (lines/inch) to 100 (lines/inch), and is gauze-woven, and the knitting has a gauge number per inch of 5 to 10, and is weft knitting or tube knitting a clarification agent in which the clarification material is for liquid or gas, and that is a mask for hay fever.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】優れた浄化能に加え、目詰まりを起こし難く、且つ、耐久性に優れた液体用、又は気体用の浄化材の提供。【解決手段】和紙を細くスリットして、それを撚って糸とした和紙糸を使い、和紙糸の編物又は織物からなる浄化材。織物は、インチ当たりの縦糸本数(A)と緯糸本数(B)の合計(A+B)が50(本/インチ)~100(本/インチ)であり、ガーゼ織りされたものである。編物は1インチ当たりのゲージ数が5~10であり、緯編、又は筒編である浄化材、前記浄化材が液体用又は気体用であり、花粉症用のマスクである浄化剤。【選択図】なし