[Explanation of a color]

The Yuzuha-iro, it is the rich dark green. Literally in a color derived from the leaves of citron, it will separately also read as “Yuba-iro”.

Yuzu is a evergreen Odaka tree of citrus, a kind of citrus. Distinctive fresh scent and, moderate acidity features. There is a record of the the Nara period had already been cultivated, it has been popular as a medicinal and spice from those days. Old is called “Yu”, called from sour of the fruit as “Yunosu”, it is said that it has become “Yuzu”. By the way, custom of entering the “Yuzuyu” to the winter solstice the day is relatively new, it is a thing of the Edo era.

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