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  2. White - Wikipedia

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    White is the lightest color [2] ... In the traditional Japanese religion of Shinto, an area of white gravel or stones marks a sacred place, called a niwa.

  3. Oshiroi - Wikipedia

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    The word is written with kanji meaning "white powder", and is pronounced as the word for white (shiroi) with the honorific prefix o-. When worn by geisha and maiko, oshiroi is notable for only partially covering the nape of the neck, as an uncovered nape was traditionally considered erotic in Japanese culture. [1]

  4. Yūrei - Wikipedia

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    White clothing: Yūrei are usually dressed in white, signifying the white burial kimono used in Edo period funeral rituals. In Shinto , white is a color of ritual purity , traditionally reserved for priests and the dead. [ 9 ]

  5. Traditional colors of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese bush warbler-brown (greenish brown) 92,72,39 #5C4827 菜の花色: Nanohanacha: Rape-blossom brown 227,177,48 #E3B130 苅萱: Kariyasu: Japanese triandra grass (Themeda japonica) 226,177,60 #E2B13C 黄蘗: Kihada: Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) 243,193,58 #F3C13A 蒸栗色: Mushikuri-iro: Steamed chestnut color 211,177,125 # ...

  6. Hakuji - Wikipedia

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    Hakuji (白磁) is a form of Japanese pottery and porcelain, normally white porcelain, which originated as an imitation of Chinese Dehua porcelain. Today the term is used in Japan to refer to plain white porcelain. It is always plain white without colored patterns and is often seen as bowls, tea pots, cups and other Japanese tableware.

  7. Light skin in Japanese culture - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, the preference for skin that is white and free of blemishes has been documented since at least the Heian period (794–1185), as in books such as The Pillow Book and The Tale of Genji. [1] There is an old proverb "white skin covers the seven flaws" ( 色の白いは七難隠す , iro no shiroi wa shichinan kakusu ) , which refers to a ...

  8. Definitions of whiteness in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Japanese are not White Legal precedent, congressional intent, common knowledge, scientific evidence United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind: 1923 Asian Indians are not White Common knowledge, congressional intent Sato v. Hall: 1923 Japanese are not White Legal precedent United States v. Akhay Kumar Mozumdar: 1923 Asian Indians are not White Legal ...

  9. White Day - Wikipedia

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    White Day is celebrated annually on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, when people give reciprocal gifts to those who gave them gifts on Valentine's Day. It began in Japan in 1978; its observance has spread to several other East Asian nations like China , Taiwan , South Korea and countries worldwide.