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[Picture Book Fukujuso] (17) Iris / Lotus / Clematis / Melon Flower

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Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Picture Book Fukujuso Vol. 3 [2]"

Iris
(Ichihatsu) Iris tectorum "Bencao Gangmu"
Purple Silk Umbrella "Min"

Iris, at the hour of the horse (noon), the flower at midday

April: Flower is purple, center is yellow, white also exists

* "Hour of the horse" refers to the nine-o'clock hour (the hour of the horse). Around noon.


Lotus
(Hachisu) Lotus flower, Poetry

"Shugyoku"
A heart clear as the water's edge of the pond, the lotus flower
showing a color that does not wither from thirst
Jichin

June: Flower is light red, white

* "Mikiwa" is thought to be "migiwa" (water's edge). Reference: "Kanwa Chujiten: Jukugo Ruiju"Kanwa Chujiten: Jukugo Ruiju" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)
* "Jichin" is Jien, a Tendai monk from the late Heian to early Kamakura period. Jichin is his posthumous name.


Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Picture Book Fukujuso Vol. 3 [2]"

Clematis
(Tetsusen) Karakusa
Clematis "Huajing"
Vine-growing Weilingxian "Qunfang"
Clematis, a jewel of the evening mist, dew on the branches

April: Flower is dark blue, light purple
Center scent is white, light purple
White flowers also exist, white six-petaled variety

* "□□xian" is Weilingxian (Clematis chinensis). Reference: "Koyama Gafu"Koyama Gafu" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)
* "Bankuha" might be "banka" (evening mist). It means evening haze or sunset. Reference: "Dai Nihon Kokugo Jiten Vol. 4 (Banka)" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)


Melon flower
(Urinohana) Asauri
Oriental pickling melon "Bencao Gangmu"

"Fuboku"
In the melon fields of Toba in Yamashiro,
there are many times I wish to have them.
Gon-Chunagon Sadayori

* "Gon-Chunagon Sadayori" is the mid-Heian period poet Fujiwara no Sadayori.
* Reference: "Kotoba no Izumi: Nihon Daijiten (Komahoshi)", "Ruiju Meibutsu Ko Vol. 2", "Uta Manabi" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)



For the literature cited in this work, please refer to this note. → [Picture Book Fukujuso] Literature Summary

Author's note: ● indicates characters that could not be deciphered, and □ indicates kanji that cannot be displayed on a computer.
I will update this as I decipher new characters or notice typos/misreadings. For details, please read the "Self-Introduction/Disclaimer". 📖