What kind of flowers grow in the west? Rose madder flowers, of course. Don't know what those are? That's okay. Just know their roots are used to make dyes of a deep red color. Red like the rose in their name, but madder, wilder, deeper… And they grow in the west so they can take in those deep red colors of the setting sun.

As you smash the roots of the rose madder and stain your fingers a deep red, a little girl comes up to you and points. She says, "赤ね (あかね)?" (That's red, right?) You look down at the rose madder roots and your fingers, and nod. She's right, it is red. Deep red.