Incidentally, in the Sui Dynasty and after in China, yellow had been a noble color to be used for a military uniform (which was equivalent to the everyday clothes in the Tang Dynasty, and to the Japanese clothes 'chofuku' worn by officials when attending Court, forming the base for 'sokutai' which is the traditional formal Court dress) and in the Tang Dynasty, shaoho was designated as solely for an emperor's use.
なお中国では隋以降、戎服（唐の常服。日本の朝服に相当するもの。束帯はこれが和様化したもの）では黄色が尊い色とされ、唐の時代になって、赭黄袍は皇帝専用となった。