NOREN

This is a NOREN, which is a shop curtain.
This kind of color were popular in Edo era in 1603.

People in this era prefered wearing this kind of color and many brown colors were created.

Those brown color were named after Kabuki actor which are like Rokoucha ■, Baikoucha ■, Kourainando ■, Iwaicha ■.

Interesting to say that brown color, which we call Cha iro (茶色) (茶　means tea), was first named in Edo era because a habit of drinking tea was established in this era.

So things around us give us a idea of color name and then we can finally recognize it.

Comparing to Heian era, the different of color is obvious.

The color was vivid in Heian era.

I think that Japanese spirit, which is not to stand out among others, was established in this era.