akacha-iro 赤茶色

Lit. red brown color. The reddish brown or russet color on the ancient smooth, lipless tiles *gyōgibuki gawara 行基葺瓦, seen on the Gokurakubō 極楽坊 of the Hondō 本堂 at Gangōji 元興寺 in Nara. Although the building is dated 1244, it is thought that the reddish brown roof tiles are combined with earlier tiles from an Asuka site in Nara. They are dated to the 7th century.