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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 7 days ago

The poem is a play on words because 'mi(no)' (実の 'fruit') is a homonym for 'mino' (蓑 'straw raincoat').

Kaneakira's (兼明親王 914-87) verse was popularised by a similar incident involving the general Ōta Dōkan (太田道灌 1432-86), architect of Edo Castle (江戸城).
#Japan #蓑

Straw raincoat and hat hanging at Rakushisha. Here is symbolises that the host is home.

Woodblock print - Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohasi Bridge and Atake.

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Woodblock print of travelers walking with straw hats and raincoats during a downpour.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

Japanese kerria (ヤマブキ) once grew in such profusion in the grounds of Matsunoo-taisha that it was known as 'Yamabuki-no-sha' (山吹の社 the 'Shrine of Kerria Roses').

The rather odd genus name 'kerria' comes from William Kerr, who brought yamabuki to a wider audience.
#山吹 #京都

Flowering Japanese kerria at Matsunoo Taisha.

Japanese kerria flower beside the canal at Matsunoo Taisha.

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@hanktank61@NerdJoy.social replied · 6 days ago

@camelliakyoto I am just an amateur, and started to go deeper into the use of herbs and spices at old age. But experience the blessings of using it in moderation. Learning to bake bread with rye German/Scottish style. Discovered Swabischer Brotklee a few years ago. Only growing in the Austrian Alps as far as I know. Hard to buy that in Holland. I understand Japanese Kerria and Brotklee are from the same family ?

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

Around 3000 yamabuki bushes bloom from April to May along the banks of Matsunoo-taisha's Ichinoigawa (一ノ井川).

The canal was allegedly first excavated by the Hata clan (秦氏) with the founding of the shrine in 701.

#ヤマブキ #Kyoto #Matsunootaisha #Japan #kerriarose

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

There is a legend that yamabuki (山吹 'kerria rose') first appeared when a traveller dropped a purse of gold coins whilst racing through a valley.

The flowers represent 'luck with money', 'sublimity' and 'royalty'.

#Japan #yamabuki #山吹

Woodblock print of a woman leaving her hut in the rain. Yamabuki bloom in her garden.

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Woodblock print of a kingfisher perching above yamabuki.

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Woodblock print of a moorhen beneath yamabuki flowers.

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Woodblock print of yamabuki flowers blooming about a thatched hut.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

In times of old courtiers and courtesans would flock to the banks of the Tamagawa (玉川) in Ide (井手), south of Kyōto, to view the yamabuki.
It was an expensive excursion, giving birth to the phrase "scattering gold coins as the yamabuki scatters golden petals".
#玉川 #井手