[Explanation of a color]

The Momohana-iro, it is a pale pink like a flower of peach blooming beautifully. Slightly lighter than the Toki-iro in color terms, you could think of this color redness is stronger than Sakura-iro. For shade feminine, it was often used in lining and underwear of women in the Edo era.
Character of peach in ancient are read as “month”, it is an old color name that was used from the age of Manyo notation as “Tsukisomenuno” to be seen also in the “Chronicles”.

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