[Explanation of a color]

The Akabeni, is a red that even bright. In favorite it has been stained from the early Edo period, Tempo – Teikyo by the time of the era Kanoko dyed Kanoko dyed “Akabeni” was all the rage. There is one sentence in describing the taste of the lady of Kosode Kosode of Kyoto upstream layer “OnnakagamiHidensho” are Suisho as “the Red ones calling ball is good, such as Hirinzu Benikanoko if”, that is red or red line was popular you will see.

In addition to the expensive safflower dyeing the dyeing of their red lines, substitute red-dyed using the Suou had been actively carried out. Staining of “Akabeni” also has been dyed in sappanwood dyed by Suou and Myouban.

Kanokoshibori Ri (Kanoko dyed)

And Kanoko aperture, eye focusing MeYui a kind of tie-dye, also called Ko Koketsu stingy. The total stop to the pattern is now from the fact that if they were similar to the plaques of the back of Kojika to be called by its name. Prototype of Kanoko stop dates back to the Nara period, full-scale development since the Edo era, it has been distributed mainly still as luxury goods for the kimono.

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