[Explanation of a color]

The Shu-iro, is a bright red tinged with yellow. In general, I refers to the yellowish-red little like ink pad. The Shu-iro, is one of the oldest color that was from the Jomon period, such as earthenware and clay figures which treated this color from such shell mounds are also found. Of natural production is purified from cinnabar, but what was produced from inorganic pigment vermilion composed mainly of mercury sulfide, is called a “Ginshu” to distinguish.

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