October Newsletter: Chrysanthemum
October 31, 2013We deliver seasonal Japanese traditions and regional scenes by our newsletters, which will be delivered once or a couple of times a month. Please sign up to feel seasonal Japanese atmosphere.
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This month, October is the month of chrysanthemum. We deliver 3 newsletters with the theme of this flower. Please check out the back number.
From the latest issue:
Why does the Japanese imperial family use chrysanthemum for the
family crest?
What we call “chrysanthemums” today is not originated in Japan. This plant came to Japan from China. There were some indigenous kinds of chrysanthemums in ancient Japan, but there is no word refers to them in the Japan’s oldest anthology “Manyoshu,” which means ancient Japanese called them by a completely different name.
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