Seasonal flower: The flower celebrating New Year
March 16, 2015Latest newsletter - Seasonal flower: The flower celebrating New Year: "Adonis Ramosa (Fukujusou)"
Delivery Of Japan's Seasonal Tradition [Issue 49] March 16, 2015
"Mutsuki tastu Sunawachi hanano Sakiwai wo Ukete kotoshimo Waraiau yado"
Interpretation: Receiving celebration from the flower blooming right after the New Year's Day, I hope I will have a happy family with full of laughter this year again.
This tanka was composed by Tachibana no Akemi, who was the Tanka poet at the end of Edo period (17-19c). He composed this tanka when he saw his son returning home with Adonis Ramosa on Lunar New year, which is 19th February in this year.
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