[Explanation of a color]

The Susutake-iro, it is a dark brown like the color of bamboo tinged patina with sooty by being smoked in the smoke from a furnace or hearth. It appeared in the Muromachi period around ahead of Wakatake-iro that appeared in the middle of the Edo period and later, the Aotake-iro, it was a favorite as the color for the experienced in the Edo period. The color was popular and widely haori short-sleeved kimono, and is used to band color “Ginsusutake”, “Fujisusutake”, “Kyarasusutake” and “Nankinsusutake”, phase change color as well as appear.

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