shido　紫土

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

An old name for purple pigments *ganryou 顔料, and dyes senryou 染料, mentioned in documents such as the Shousouin Monjo 正倉院文書 (8c). In the Heian period a mixture of cinnabar red *shu 朱, and indigo *ai 藍, was used to make a purple pigment called shido.

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*shikon 紫根

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