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Product name: Cigar Arai-shu（洗い朱）　[no.01006]
Price: US$700
Total weight: 20.0g
Body weight: 15.0g
Total length: 130.0mm
Barrel length: 116.0mm
Max diameter: 15.0mm
Barrel material: Ebonite
Description: The Japanese name for this color is "Arai-shu". Even among the Japanese, the origins of this name are not are not generally known. The dye in textile fabric begins to lighten after many launderings. In the past the Japanese would describe light colors with the term "arai" which means "wash." Japanese deep red is called "shu" so "arai-shu" is the most brilliant and lightest of urushi colors.

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