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"Tea Of Life" teableau for 04/13/25
The Tree of Life was sent by a dear friend who had it made for me after my mother died.
In between Rain Showers
Canon R7 Mirrorless - Canon EF-S 18-135mm Lens - ISO: Auto - Aperture: f/9 - Shutter Speed: 1/200 Sec.
'Myōren-ji Tsubaki' (妙蓮寺椿) is a species of scarlet camellia, particularly popular in the Muromachi period. Tea masters favoured the flower, and Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康) adored the camellias so much he praised them in poems.
Some more spring impressions from my hometown.
We had several days of warm spell (high twenties) and today we're back to 5-6C. Sometimes I feel like I'm still in Scotland..
A picture of my camellia bush from this morning.
"Vive Le Macaron" teableau for 03/16/25
Un petit plaisir par un dimanche pluvieux.
winter wind-
camellia blossoms have fixed
their make-up
木がらしや椿は花の身づくろひ
-Kobayashi Issa, 1824.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.
Although predominantly considered a winter plant, camellias can be seen blooming for a large part of the year (from late fall to mid-spring)
Camellia flowers inspire a mind-boggling number of traditional sweets.
The most famous, and one of the oldest (an early version featuring in 'The Tale of Genji'), is 'tsubaki-mochi' (椿餅). Camellia leaves adorn a sticky rice cake, but unlike sakura-mochi the leaves act as decoration only.
乙女椿 [Otometsubaki]
Camellia japonica f. otome
乙女 [Otome] : Maiden, virgin
椿 [Tsubaki] : Camellia
The pure and sensitive heart of a woman is called 乙女心 [otome-gokoro]
via konjaku
For over a thousand years members of the nobility would pray at the shrine before setting off on important journeys
Ex-emperors Shirakawa and Toba began their pilgrimages to Kumano from Jōnan-gū, and Princess Kazu departed here in 1861 to marry Shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi.