imperial purple

Japanese: imperial purple(英語表記)imperialpurple
imperial purple

…There are mountains of shells still piled up at the ruins where they were extracted. Because this purple dye was so valuable and expensive, it was called Imperial purple, and also Tyrian purple after the port of Tyre (now Sur, Tyre in the Bible) from which it was shipped. …

From the [Turotuburibora]

…Only 1.5g of purple dye could be obtained from 10,000 pieces, so it was very expensive. Perhaps for this reason, only nobles were allowed to wear clothes dyed with this dye, so it was called imperial purple. It was also called Tyrian purple because it was sent from the port of Tyre (now Saida) in Phoenicia. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "imperial purple" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのためそれを採取した遺跡には今もその貝殻が山とつまれている。このようにこの紫の染料は貴重であり,高価であったので帝王紫Imperial purpleといわれ,またそれを積み出したテュロス港(現,スール。聖書ではツロ)にちなんで,テュロス紫Tyrian purpleと称された。…

【ツロツブリボラ】より

…1万個から紫の染料がわずかに1.5gしかとれなかったので,はなはだ高価であった。そのためか高貴な人のみがこの染料で染めた衣を着用することを許されたので帝王紫(英名imperial purple)の名がある。またフェニキアのツロ(テュロス)の港(現,サイダ)から送り出されたのでツロ紫(英名Tyrian purple)の名もある。…

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