[Explanation of a color]

The Asakisuou” is a light, bright, austere crimson color of Suho dye. It is an ancient color name, and is also read as “Asasuoh. The name “浅” meaning “thin,” was added to the thinly dyed “Suou-iro” to give it its color name.

In the Heian-period Engi-shiki, a set of ceremonial rules, “Suou-iro” is introduced as “Kokisuou,” “Nakasuou,” and “Asakisuou,” in order of darkest to lightest color. Incidentally, in ancient times, the darker the color, the more precious it was, and the shallower the color, the lower it was considered.

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