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Hanakotoba (花言葉) is the Japanese form of the language of flowers. The language was meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words. The language was meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words.
Japan's national government has never formally named a national flower, as with other symbols such as the green pheasant, which was named as national bird by a non-government body in 1947. In 1999, the national flag and anthem were standardised by law .
The sunflower has since become a global symbol of resistance, unity, and hope. [82] The sunflower is also the state flower of the U.S. state of Kansas [4] [80] and one of the city flowers of Kitakyūshū, Japan. During the late 19th century, the flower was used as the symbol of the Aesthetic Movement.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is commonly known as the tree marigold, [2] Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum. It is native to Mexico and Central America but has a nearly pantropical distribution as an introduced species. [1]
Symbol Image References Flag: Flag of Japan: Hinomaru: Crest: Imperial Seal of Japan (Chrysanthemum morifolium) Imperial Seal of Japan: National anthem: Kimigayo 君が代 Kimigayo: Government Seal: Government Seal of Japan Government Seal of Japan: National butterfly: Great purple emperor (Sasakia charonda) Great purple emperor: National tree ...
This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.