{"count":7,"meanings":[{"country":"Japan","country_code":"JP","colour_family":"Red","stands_for":["Sacred and holy","Protection and healing"],"emotions":["Awe"],"note":"The torii gates of Shinto shrines are often painted vermilion, a bright orange-red. The colour is held to keep evil away, and the long tunnels of gates at Fushimi Inari are the best known.","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii"},{"country":"Japan","country_code":"JP","colour_family":"Blue","stands_for":["Festival and celebration"],"emotions":["Pride"],"note":"Indigo dyeing, called aizome, clothed ordinary people in deep blue through the Edo period. The men's national football team plays in blue and is nicknamed Samurai Blue.","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_national_football_team"},{"country":"Japan","country_code":"JP","colour_family":"Purple and violet","stands_for":["Royalty and power"],"emotions":["Awe"],"note":"Purple dye from the murasaki plant was costly and hard to make. In the court rank system set up under Prince Shotoku, the highest officials wore purple caps.","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Level_Cap_and_Rank_System"},{"country":"Japan","country_code":"JP","colour_family":"Pink and magenta","stands_for":["Nature and renewal","Festival and celebration"],"emotions":["Joy","Nostalgia"],"note":"Pale pink is the colour of cherry blossom. In spring people picnic under the trees for hanami, flower viewing, and the short bloom is a common image for how brief life is.","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom"},{"country":"Japan","country_code":"JP","colour_family":"White","stands_for":["Weddings and marriage","Purity and peace"],"emotions":["Calm"],"note":"A bride at a Shinto wedding may wear the shiromuku, a kimono that is white from head to foot. White is also the colour of the paper streamers that mark sacred places.","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono"},{"country":"Japan","country_code":"JP","colour_family":"White","stands_for":["Festival and celebration"],"emotions":["Joy"],"note":"Red and white together, called kohaku, mark happy occasions. Curtains at ceremonies are striped red and white, and the New Year's Eve song contest sets a Red team against a White team.","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dhaku_Uta_Gassen"},{"country":"Japan","country_code":"JP","colour_family":"Black","stands_for":["Mourning and death"],"emotions":["Grief"],"note":"Mourners wear plain black, called mofuku, to funerals, and men add a black tie. Condolence money goes in an envelope tied with black and white cord.","source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_funeral"}],"url":"https://rang.cleartrust.cc/countries/japan","note":"Customs vary by region, faith, generation and family; these are the meanings most often recorded. Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance, each note with a source.","published_by":"Rang, a ClearTrust publication"}