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[Picture Book Fukujuso] (19) Moonflower / Bedstraw / Japanese Rhubarb / Poppy

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

Moonflower
Hulu, 'Bencao Gangmu'

Roppyaku-ban Uta-awase
Visible faintly in the sunlight of the fence by the mountain,
The evening glory flower that I approach and pluck.
Gokyogoku Sessho

May, flowers are white, blooms exclusively in the evening

* 'Roppyaku-ban Uta-awase' is a poetry contest hosted by Kujo Yoshitsune (Fujiwara no Yoshitsune) during the Kamakura period.
* 'Gokyogoku Sessho' is the poet Kujo Yoshitsune (Fujiwara no Yoshitsune) from the late Heian to early Kamakura period.

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections 'Roppyaku-ban Uta-awase Vol. 10 [3] '

* Reference: 'Shiso Ruisan', 'Kokka Taikan Zoku Kashu-bu, Expanded and Revised Edition, Reprint' (National Diet Library Digital Collections)


Bedstraw
Galium aparine, 'Yepu'

The eight-fold bedstraw on the fence of the frost-withered dwelling,
That it was never empty is a thing of the past.
Mitsutoshi

April, flowers are white

* 'Mitsutoshi' is the Kamakura period poet Fujiwara no Mitsutoshi.
* '芲' means flower.
* Reference: 'Waka Fumoto no Chiri: 2 volumes', 'Shokugaku Ryakukai', 'Hakubutsu-zu Kyojuhō' (National Diet Library Digital Collections)


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

Japanese Rhubarb
Suitō, Suiba, Shinone, Gishigishi
Sheep's Foot (Rumex), 'Bencao Gangmu'

In the names of things from the past, there is 'yamaji'
Cuckoo, has it mingled with the clouds on the peak,
Though I hear it exists, there is no way to see it.
Taira no Atsuyuki

April, flowers are white and light pink
Brown, true red, etc., there are various colors

* 'Japanese Rhubarb' is Wa-daiō.
* 'Cuckoo' is the hototogisu.
* 'Taira no Atsuyuki' is a poet from the early Heian period.
* Reference: 'Honzō Zufu 30 (Sheep's Foot)' (National Diet Library Digital Collections)


Poppy
Opium Poppy, 'Bencao Gangmu'

'Ikyoku'
The poppies piled up as high as Mount Sumeru,
Make them count as one in the thousand years of the Emperor's reign.

April, flowers are vermilion red, powder single and thousand-petaled
Also there are original red, original white, and original purple

* 'Ikyoku' is the 'Kokon Ikyoku-shu', a collection of kyoka (comic tanka) from ancient times to the early Edo period, published in the early Edo period.
* Reference: 'Yuhodo Bunko [No. 89]' (National Diet Library Digital Collections)



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