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✨goshiki (五色)= 'multicoloured'
✨yae (八重)= 'multilayered'
✨chiri (散)= 'shedding petals'
✨tsubaki (椿)= 'camellia'
Samurai mostly considered camellia unlucky as the flower heads typically dropped whole (like a beheading), but this species drop their petals one at a time🙌
✨goshiki (五色)= 'multicoloured'
✨yae (八重)= 'multilayered'
✨chiri (散)= 'shedding petals'
✨tsubaki (椿)= 'camellia'
Samurai mostly considered camellia unlucky as the flower heads typically dropped whole (like a beheading), but this species drop their petals one at a time🙌
It's thought that the daimyō Katō Kiyomasa (加藤清正 1562-1611) brought the bush back to Japan from the Korean mainland following a campaign against Urusan Castle (蔚山城の戦い) some time around 1596.
He presented it to Toyotomi who had it planted first at Kitano Tenmangū.
#Kyoto
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It's believed that drinking an infusion of camellia leaves helps to alleviate hemorrhoids🥹✨
Because it drops its petals one by one this species is also known as 'long life camellia' (長命椿) and 'scattering camellia' (散り椿).
#Japan #camellias
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