#hanakotoba — Public Fediverse posts
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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'.
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on the head mound
just one rosary-
hydrangeas
首塚にロザリオひとつ額の花
-Kashiwabara Min-u (柏原眠雨).In hanakotoba (花言葉), the Japanese language of flowers, hydrangeas carry the meaning of 'patience' and 'cool-headedness', but this was not always the case.
#Japan #Kyoto #hydrangea #ajisai #紫陽花 #hanakotoba #languageofflowers
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📖SYMBOLISM🤔
In the language of flowers, 'hanakotoba' (花言葉), azaleas represent patience and modesty.
While this seems odd given their fantastic colours, even in maturity they do not grow to any great height, and for most of the year they remain leafy but plain. -
In 'hanakotoba' (花言葉), the language of flowers, dogwood symbolises love undiminished by adversity, and durability.
The flowers also represent friendship and reciprocity thanks to an exchange of trees between Japan and the US to promote closer ties🤝