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madder red

On-Yomi: セン

Koohii stories:

1) [cameron_en] 15-11-2008(42): Madder red is an extract from a flower which was used as fake blood in western films.

2) [astridtops] 16-9-2006(10): Madder red is a colouring agent that is acquired out of the roots of plants that grow in the west.

3) [to_nihon] 11-1-2009(6): Madder is a flowering plant, the roots of which are used as a coloring agent. The dyeing technique of madder red was formed in Turkey and India, both of which are west of Japan. ^^ A good historical explanation of madder red is here: http://www.colorantshistory.org/MadderRed.html . Botanical information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madder .

4) [gfb345] 27-4-2010(1): MADDER RED is a dye traditionally made from the roots of Rubia tinctorum, a PLANT (=FLOWER) native to WESTERN and Central Asia, i.e. the lands to the WEST of China. This dye often produces the visually dominant color in what we call "oriental rugs", which, to the Chinese, must be, strictly speaking, "OCCIDENTAL rugs". (http://snipurl.com/madder).

5) [dihutenosa] 2-8-2008(1): Clint Eastwood is brought to Japan as a mercenary guard along with Perry's fleet. One night, a group of bandits attacks and and Clint gets into a firefight with dozens of Japanese ninja. Knowing he can't win, he looks around for something, anything - ah! Some madder red. He grabs the flower and spreads it over his body, and then comes out. Knowing a bit of Japanese, he appeals for mercy: "I'm injured, I give up! See? Aka (red)! Aka, ne! （The plant is pronounced アカネ）.

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