Seasonal Flower: A blooming hermit at waterside
January 06, 2015Latest newsletter - In this issue:A blooming hermit at waterside: Suisen (Daffodil)
Delivery Of Japan's Seasonal Tradition [Issue 43] January 6, 2015
A blooming hermit at waterside: Suisen (Daffodil)
Here is a "Tanka"(a Japanese poem) in "Chijinoyashu", composed by
Chigusa Arikoto.
"Huri kakusu Yuki uchiharai Yamabito no Namo kaguwashiki Hanawo
mirukana"
Interpretation: When I clear the piled snow, I found an elegant flower
with a fragrance, which I named it as "Sennin" (hermit).
There is a famous story in Greek mythology.When a handsome young man
called Narcissus (a derivation from the word "narcissist"), was…
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