Seasoning the Seasons
Season 1 • Episode 1: Kyoto: Coloring the Season • Watch with subtitles
Episode 1: Kyoto: Coloring the Season
April 4, 2012
Kariyasu, kuchinashi, and moegi -all are Japanese words for colors. The Japanese language has a lot of words for expressing subtle tints. Many have their origin in Kyoto and are still very much alive in the speech of the former capital. Historians suggest the Japanese did not make such rigid color distinctions in ancient times but the change began when imports arrived from China and Korea, and the Japanese sensitivity to color then blossomed as a variety of new tints were produced here as well.
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