What is Japan's traditional color "Shinshu"?
Shinshu is a blackish red color similar to the mineral vermilion sand. "Shin" refers to natural vermilion as opposed to man-made silver vermillion, and "vermilion" is a natural red pigment called "Shusa", which is the source of mercury sulfide in nature. The high-quality material produced in Cinzhou, Hunan Province, China, has another name: cinnabar, and this color name was given to emphasize that it is a highly pure and unadulterated vermilion.
Shinshu = Masoho
The correct reading is "Shinshu," but in the waka poems that appear in the Manyoshu, it is written as "Masoho." ``Mashu'' is pronounced ``masoho.''
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