Volume 1 (originally Haishoku Sōkan ) became a quiet masterpiece. Each page presented 2–4 swatch circles with their Japanese names (e.g., “Fuji-iro” for wisteria purple, “Kaba-iro” for birch brown). The combinations were often daring by Western standards: moss green with charcoal gray, persimmon orange with indigo, or the famous “broken white” with dried persimmon.
: Showcases 165 color schemes derived from early to mid-20th-century Japanese design, capturing the "authentic look and feel" of the Taisho and Showa eras. Bilingual Format a dictionary of color combinations vol.2 pdf