Kiyomizu temple and Japanese Apricot

This picture shows Kiyomizu temple and Ume (Japanese apricot).

This represens the best example of the color which was named after flower, because the pink color was called Koubai iro■(紅梅色)

紅 means red and 梅 means Ume.

The color was mentioned in many poem in Heian period in 794 so that for Japanese people in the era ume was always around their lives and people were fascinated by the color.

But now the name is not generally used among modern Japanese people.

We call all this kind of colors "pink" instead.

That is because our life style has been westernized and as a result of that Japanese flowers are less close to our life now.

Now the number of western type of houes has been increasing and it reflects the growth of the number of western flowers.