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The color that lives in the style of Kinharu
In the Edo period, Kinharu Inari was enshrined in the land where the Noh Kinharu-ryu mansion was located. The place of worship from the Shogunate was thriving as a flower district where geisha gathered when townspeople began to live as a rental house for Noh actors. This Kinharu Inari is the Inari protected by a geisha who had a hut on the Kinharu Shindo.
This year's Noh Kinharu Festival Road Dedicated Noh and Noh Lectures have been canceled, but as usual, "Kinharu Inari", enshrined on the roof of the building from Saturday, August 1 to 7 (Fri), is recommended to Kinharu Street. It has been.
By the way, the color used on the nameplate of the street is called "gold spring color".
In this flower district, the color that became popular among Kinharu Geisha from the end of the Meiji era, officially Shimbashi color. It is a new color that appeared with the import of chemical dyes. The bright blue-green color that is not found in natural dyeing was fresh and pleased, was quickly incorporated into kimono, and was widely used in prints and paintings.
The geishas of Shimbashi, who love new things, would have been at the forefront of the fashion. Now it is a venerable Kinharu-dori, which is said to be the "last fort in Ginza" that retains the Edo atmosphere.
◆Kinharu Street
8-6-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
◆resting place of portable shrines: Ginza Fuji Building
8-7-11, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo