[Explanation of a color]

The Benifuji, that of mauve reddish, it is pale reddish purple. The one that was overlaid dyed with safflower Suou or on a thin indigo, popularity seems higher especially in the late Edo period. Mauve is facing elderly, Benifuji had been a Wakamuki as the color of the kimono. There is also alias Wakafuji from meaning “BeniKakefuji” and mauve Wakamuki in that mauve multiplied by the red. In addition, the “lilac” the mauve of redness, has been used as a “blue mauve” the mauve bluish routinely.

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