What is the traditional Japanese color "Ebicha"?
Shrimp tea is a deep brown with a reddish tinge. Originally, the intense reddish purple of ripened grape kudzu (wild grape) was called "grape color," and "grape tea" was a color that was slightly browner. Eventually, as "grape" could also be read as "shrimp," it was likely confused with the crustacean shrimp, and so the characters "shrimp tea" are now used in the writing of "ebi-cha." From the mid- to late Meiji period, it is known to have been a favored hakama color for female students and female teachers. Its appearance was likened to that of Murasaki Shikibu, a talented woman from the Heian period, and it was sometimes called "grape tea Shikibu."
Shrimp tea = Ebicha
The name of this color family has changed over the years, and in the Taisho era it became popular among the masses as "Dark Red," and in the Showa era it became known as "Wine Red" and became a huge hit. "Ebi-cha" is pronounced "ebi-cha."
DIC Traditional Japanese Color: R115 G67 B56 #734388 / Shrimp Tea
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