blue-green lining; kimono with blue-green lining
Refers to a lining of a pale blue-green color (浅葱色) used in kimono, or a kimono featuring such a lining. A specialized clothing term.
This kimono has a beautiful blue-green lining.
unsophisticated provincial samurai (stationed in Edo)
Historical derogatory term for low-ranking samurai from the provinces serving in Edo, likened to the plain blue-green lining of a garment. Rare and archaic.
In the Edo period, 'asagiura' was a term mocking provincial samurai.
From 浅葱, the inexpensive pale-blue cloth commonly used to line the garments of provincial samurai stationed in Edo, plus 裏 “lining.” Edo residents consequently used the term disparagingly for such samurai.