Colored clothes - Irofuku

…In “Amorous Life Man,” the author describes Senosuke, who was rich and obsessed with fashion, and describes his extravagance by saying, “He wore a coat of goro silk.” In time, the coarse black Goro Fukuren fabric was called “Kuro Goro” and was used mainly in the Kanto region, while the light-dyed Goro Fukuren was called “Iro Fuku” or “Fukurin” and was used mainly in the Kansai region. Fukurin was also used to describe something that was superior, and gave rise to senryu poems such as “Kyosei ni Fukurin kakete Goho” (from “Yanagi Taru”). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Iro Fuku" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…《好色一代男》では，金にあかして服飾に凝った世之介を描写して〈羽織は呉絽服連〉とその贅（ぜい）を形容している。やがてゴロフクレンは，粗い布地で黒いものを〈黒ゴロ〉と呼んで主として関東で使われ，明るい染色のものは〈色フク〉とか〈フクリン〉と称して主として関西で愛用された。フクリンは一段と優れたという形容にも使われ，〈傾城にふくりんかけた御奉公〉(《柳多留》)などの川柳も生まれた。…

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