Kuretake Meiji no Iro Shikon

Kuretake’s Meiji No Iro collection takes us back 120 years to the Meiji era. Where these 6 colors were the most popular and most comon among that period. Each color has its own background and historycal story attached to it.

• Ebicha, Purple was considered a color for nobels, for the commoners ebicha was as close to purple as they could get. this dark red color with purple notes was used to replace purple.
• Araishu, a watered down vermillion color often found in clothing blok prints during the Meiji era.
• Shimbashi-Iro, one of the first synthetic/chemical colors from the meiji Era. This blue-green color was commonly used by geisha's in shinbashi and hanayanagi.
• Kujakuryoku, Dark blue-green was used in handkerchiefs and overcoats
• Kuroganeiro, one of the few colors introduced by the west at that time. Resembling the colors of a peacock which was admired by the Japanese.
• Shikon, The nobel Wisteria or purple color often used in clothing worn by admired women throughout Japan.

all full bottles are the standard Kuretake 20 ml size.