According to the old Japanese tradition, young women were allowed to wear clothing of cherry blossom color, however, women of middle aged or over shouldn’t wear the color of cherry blossom while the flowers were in full bloom and should be wearing the color after the period of their best was over.

Now I wonder what about I who am wearing pink color all year round.

I will dye my kimono deep cherry blossom color/

In order to make a reminder of the blossoms after they are gone/

Poem by Kino Aritomo

Calligraphy by Tomoko

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昔の日本の考え方では、桜の盛りの季節には、若い女性は桜色の着物を着てもいいけれども、中年以上の女性は花の盛りが過ぎてからでないと着るべきでないとされていたそうです。

年がら年中ピンクを着ている私はどうなるのでしょう？

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