What is the traditional Japanese color “cypress bark color”?
The color name cypress bark color comes from the color of the cypress tree, an evergreen coniferous tree belonging to the cypress family. In ancient times, mulberry color, which was introduced from India, was called ``Mokuiro'' and ``Kihadaiiro'' in Japan, and it is said that cypress bark color developed from this and was born in the Heian period. I am. It is a rich brown color with a reddish tinge, and is also known as the shoirome style, which was worn by aristocrats with many layers of clothing.
Cypress bark color = Hiwa Dairo
In the ``Makibashira'' volume of ``The Tale of Genji,'' there is a description that ``The princess was attacked on cypress-bark-colored paper, and she wrote a little on it.'' It was also worn by an old woman who appears in Ryunosuke Akutagawa's novel ``Rashomon.'' It is also the color of the kimono she wore. "Hinoki bark color" is read as "hiwadairo".
R133G72B54 #854836/Hinoki bark color (Hiwa Dairo)
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