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Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last week

🦋BUTTERFLIES🐛

Sonyō-in (尊陽院), a sub-temple of Honpō-ji (本法寺), has a rather stunning ceiling.

not yet a butterfly
even as autumn passes
the caterpillar
秋を経て蝶もなめるや菊の露
-Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉)
Trans. Reichhold.

#Japan #butterflies #蝶々 #Kyoto

Sonyo-in's sumptuous coffered ceiling features paintings of flowers and butterflies on a gilded background.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

I need no excuse to once again share Kameya Yoshinaga's (亀屋良長) sumptuous strawberry and white chocolate flavoured 'hanayagu' (華やぐ 'to brighten up').

drinking tea alone-
every day the butterfly
stops by
一人茶や蝶は毎日来てくれる
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
Trans. David Lanoue.

#Kyoto #haiku

Created for sakura season, Kameya Yoshinaga's 'hanayagu' is a bright pink kinton finished with a cut out cherry blossom and tiny yellow butterfly.

A bee collects pollen from a cherry blossom.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

Sonyō-in's ceiling painting (祈りの天井画), a prayer rendered in vivid colours, was created by the artist 'mais' (マイス).

Chestnut tiger butterflies (アサギマダラ), thanks to their long migration, have become symbols of perseverance.
Here they silently protect worshippers.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

The large 'chestnut tiger' (アサギマダラ), a striking butterfly with blue-green marbled wings, feed on fujibakama nectar (and other flowers from the milkweed family).
Depending on the weather the insects appear from April-November, and migrate up to 1000km to their feeding sites!

#butterfly #アサギマダラ

A chestnut tiger butterfly feeding on fujibakama.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

Fujibakama (藤袴) is now an endangered flower, but was once found growing in profusion along riverbanks. Symbolising caring and positive memories, the fragrant plant was commonly used in perfumes and hair products.

It is 1 of the '7 Flowers of Autumn' (秋の七草).
#Kyoto #藤袴

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

Many temples along Teramachi Street, such as Kō-dō (革堂 aka Gyōgan-ji 行願寺 the 'Deer Hide Temple'), grow tubs of fujibakama from the late summer, attracting large numbers of butterflies.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #藤袴 #寺町

Gyogan-ji grows pots of fujibakama to attract butterflies in the autumn.

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