February 2nd: Hakukou

February 2nd Color Calendar

White incense – Hakukō

"When the scent of white wafts, memories breathe softly."

"Byakko" is a soft white porcelain color that fills the white space with fragrance.
Warmer than pure white, it is a color that contains hints of fragrance and reflects the lingering emotion.
It's the quiet fragrance and gentle air you feel on a winter morning.

This color represents "memories of emotions" and "the silence of the air."
The fragrance rising from the white vessel gently fills the space.
The scent gently awakens memories deep within the soul.

White incense in everyday life

• The lingering scent of incense lingers in the white porcelain dish. • The white light and hints of incense filtering through the shoji screen. • The quiet fragrance drifting through the white space on a winter morning.

White incense is a color that reflects the "intersection of white and incense" and "emotional memories."
It is a poem of white and fragrance that evokes the "white space of materials" and "tranquility of space" that WABISUKE values.

Notes and etymology

• "Shiraka" is a poetic coinage and not a traditional color.
The overlapping of "white" and "fragrance" expresses the intersection of nature and emotion.
• Similar colors include "white porcelain," "moon white," and "natural."
"White Fragrance" is a color that focuses more on spiritual tranquility and the memory of fragrance.