In the latter part of the Edo period, the makeup method in which women applied beni to their lower lips repeatedly to make the lips shine like gold-green was in fashion and this method was called 'sasa beni' (which literally means "bamboo leaf red"), but women except for popular yujo applied black ink under beni to save beni because this method required plenty of beni, which was very expensive.
江戸時代後期には「笹紅」といって下唇に何度も紅を塗りつけて金緑に光らせる化粧が流行したが、高価な紅をふんだんに使うため売れっ妓の遊女などを除いては下地に墨を塗って紅を節約したと言う。