Wisteria

I went to my parents-in-law's house yesterday.
There was a beautiful wisteria ( we call it "Fuji" ) in their garden, so I took this photo.

I like this colour... "Fuji-iro".

"Iro" means "colour", maybe people in the past thought that wisteria is representative of light purple things, and used its name as an expression of light purple.

It is familiar flower to Japanese people.
And some people... especially Sumo-wrestlers frown on wisteria.
Because wisteria has downward flower and is associated with a negative image of their results.

Wisteria is sometimes used as a motif of family insignia.
But it is never used as a motif of their ceremonial aprons.