December 3rd Color Calendar Himuro Nezu

December 3rd Color Calendar

Himuronezu – Himuronezu

"Memories of winter sleep quietly."

"Himuro Nezu" is a dull gray-blue color, like the ice stored in an old icehouse.
Deep in the mountains in winter, ice is quietly preserved in the depths of a stone chamber closed off by snow.
This coldness is not just cold, but the color of silence that has sealed away time.

Himuro Nezumi in daily life

• Winter shadows lingering on the dirt floor of an old house • Gray-blue light lingering on the edge of a frozen well • The outline of a mountain like an ink painting on a winter morning

Himuro Nezumi is a color that reflects **"memories in silence."**
It has a silent poetic quality that is in line with the "white space" and "beauty that lies in the unseen" that WABISUKE values.

References

• "Traditional Colors of Japan" by Shikosha • "507 Color Names" by Shufunotomosha • "Himekura and Winter Culture" by Life and Color Research Association