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Urahayanagi

裏柳 · うらはやなぎ · “Underside of willow leaves”

Urahayanagi names the pale underside of willow leaves, the silvery face revealed when wind turns the branches: a light, greyish green touched with beige, delicate and cool.

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柳 葉裏 — what the name literally points to.

pale willow leaves underside
pale willow leaves underside
pale willow leaves underside