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Aizome
- Aizome
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- Aizome
- Aizome is a blue dye that is made from plants. It imparts a navy blue or indigo colour.
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- About Aizome
- It has the advantage of being fade-resistant. It has a long history, beginning in the Nara period. Abroad, it has been
called 'Japan Blue' or 'Hiroshige Blue', (referring to blue often seen in the Ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige Utagawa's woodblock prints).
It has been used extensively in Tokushima prefecture in Shikoku, and the region is famous across Japan for its Aizome even today.
The rich variety of shades which can be produced through different dyeing techniques have come to be called 'The 48 shades of blue',
and it is also been used as an anti-bacterial agent, to stop bleeding, and to repel insects.
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