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Higosusutake
肥後煤竹 · ひごすすたけ · “Japanese iris and sooty bamboo”
Higosusutake joins the place-name Higo to the image of soot-darkened bamboo, describing a deep, subdued yellowish brown like aged bamboo dimmed by years of smoke.
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煤竹 古い竹 — what the name literally points to.
