[Picture Book Fukujuso] (26) Greater Celandine / Balloon Flower / Orchid / Japanese Silver Grass
Kusanowo
Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus) "Kyuko"
The greater celandine, tied into a true knot, by this morning's dew.
* "Mamusuhi" is thought to mean |true knot| (mamusubi). Reference: "Dai Nihon Kokugo Jiten Vol. 5 Revised" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)
Kikyo
Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) "Honko"
Ancient name for things: The balloon flower
The fields have become autumn, as the white dew
on the grass leaves changes color.
(Blue-purple)
* "Kichikau" is an ancient name for the balloon flower (kikyo).
* "Aki" (穐) means autumn, time, harvest, or years.
Ran
Ghost Orchid / Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium) "Gunpofu"
The figure of a mountain bee blooming as a flower,
its scent drifting far, an orchid that follows people.
Jusanmi Kinmichi-ko
(Blue-purple, striped)
* "Yamahachi" is thought to mean mountain bee.
* "Jusanmi Kinmichi-ko" refers to the mid-Edo period court noble, |Ogimachi| |Kinmichi|. Lord Ogimachi Jusanmi Kinmichi.
Karukaya
Why is it that in the autumn wind blowing over the upper leaves,
the Japanese silver grass in the fields bows down?
* "No e no" means |of the fields| (nobe no).
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