[Explanation of a color]

The Kuri-iro, it is a black Chami, such as the mud of the riverbed was bought. By the black soil stagnant at the bottom of the water, Kuri has been marked “. Become black soil of Kuri underwater” dictionary of the Heian era to “Wamyouruijushou”. Have stained the fabric in this black soil in ancient times, it was the color of the top junior as clothes color.
Kuri-iro is seen as a color name of dyed black from the Heian period, but I have come to be dyed in the decoction of scrub in this time.

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