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| - | * Was chosen the highest ranking color by an Empress around 600 AD. | + | * Was chosen the highest ranking color by an Empress around 600 AD; following |
| - | * Following | + | * In Japan, made from gromwell dye (むらさぎ） |
| - | * In Japan, made from gromwell dye (むらさぎ）(made from the roots), roughly the colour of eggplant | + | |
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| + | * called | ||
| + | * So popular, that in Heian court いろ without any modifier ment purple. | ||
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| * Since Heian associated with intimacy: | * Since Heian associated with intimacy: | ||
| - | > murasaki no hito-moto yue ni Musashino no | + | > //murasaki no hito-moto yue ni Musashino no// |
| - | > kusa wa mina kara aware to zo miru | + | > //kusa wa mina kara aware to zo miru// |
| > (Because of a single clump of gromwell / all the grasses in Musashi Plain are dear to me; anonymous poem from 10th century) | > (Because of a single clump of gromwell / all the grasses in Musashi Plain are dear to me; anonymous poem from 10th century) | ||
| * The association maybe is because the color will rub off, like the bodies and souls are died with thoughts of lovers. | * The association maybe is because the color will rub off, like the bodies and souls are died with thoughts of lovers. | ||
| - | > murasaki no iro no yukari ni fuji no hana | + | > 紫の色のゆかりに藤花かかれる松もむつましきかな |
| - | > kakareru matsu mo mutsumashiki kana | + | > //murasaki no iro no yukari ni fuji no hana// |
| + | > //kakareru matsu mo mutsumashiki kana// | ||
| > (Because of the relationship to the colour purple / the wisteria-hanging pine tree, too, feels intimate; by Fujiwara-no-Akisuke, | > (Because of the relationship to the colour purple / the wisteria-hanging pine tree, too, feels intimate; by Fujiwara-no-Akisuke, | ||