[Explanation of a color]

The Kachiiro, it is a little dark blue-green derived from the feather color of the head of the mallard. Both separately “Kamoba-iro” “Magamo-iro”. Source of color name will be seen that name in the old “Manyoshu”.

Mallard is a kind of birds that are classified in Anseriformes Anatidae, species of duck. It is also the migratory birds flying to the winter. In Japan, we have been hunting for food since ancient times. By the way, the head among the mallard is blue-green is given to only male.

This “Kamonoha-iro” has also become on whether it takes Makurakotoba Makurakotoba to “Aoba” and “Haruyama”.

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