Saiun-do features a weathered wooden facade and a traditional indigo curtain hanging across the entrance, marking a shop that has dealt in mineral pigments for Japanese painting since the Meiji era. Artists visit this spot to purchase the crushed stones and shells used to create the vibrant, lasting colors of Nihonga. While mass-produced synthetic paints became the standard for most, this shop maintained the labor-intensive process of grinding malachite, cinnabar, and oyster shells into powder for generations of painters.
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