What is the traditional Japanese color “tan”?
Tan-iro is a color that is described in the Nihon Shoki, a history book from the Nara period known as one of the oldest history books, under the names of clothing colors such as ``deep tan'' and ``asatan.'' Among traditional colors, it is considered to have an especially old history. In the Engishiki, a legal system (modern-day business manual) created in the middle of the Heian period, the collar was dyed with indigo and obaku to distinguish it from pure blue. I did. Furthermore, it is said that indigo was divided into three stages: deep, medium, and shallow, and tan was divided into four stages: deep, medium, next, and shallow.
Tan = Hanada
The color is lighter than indigo and darker than onion. The color name for indigo dyeing has been known since ancient times as ``Hanada-iro'', and in the Heian period it was known as Tan-iro, and in the Edo period it was known as Hana-iro, a color that has been passed down through history. "Tan" is read as Hana.
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