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FLOWERS

Japanese people have been celebrating various seasonal occasions with special IKEBANA. Out of them, five typical festivals are called GOSEKKU, and symbolic flowers are used in IKEBANA.

Jan 1 SHOGATSU (New Year's Day) MATSU (Pine tree)
Mar 3 MOMO-NO-SEKKU (Girls' Festa) MOMO (Peach)
May 5 TANGO-NO-SEKKU (Boys' Festa) SHOBU (Iris)
Jul 7 TANABATA (Star Festa) TAKE (Bamboo)
Sep 9 CHOYO-NO-SEKKU (Chrysanthemum
Festa)		 KIKU (Chrysanthmum)

Flowers and Plants used in Auspicious Occasions

TAKE
(Bamboo)		 take NANTEN
(Nandina, Nandida)		 nanten
SASA
(Bamboo Grass)		 sasa SUISEN
(Narcissus)		 suisen
TSURU-UME-MODOKI
(Bittersweet)		 tsuruumemodoki MOMO
(Peach)		 momo
TSUBAKI
(Camellia)		 tsubaki MATSU
(Pine tree)		 matsu
SENRYO
(Chloranthemum)		 senryo OMOTO
(Rohdea)		 omoto
KIKU
(Chrysamthemum)		 kiku KANCHIKU
(Non-hollow Bamboo)		 kanchiku
SHOBU
(Iris)		 shobu BOTAN
(Tree Peony)		 botan
MIKAN & YUZU
(Orange)		 mikan SHIDARE-YANAGI
(Weeping Willow)		 shidareyanagi
UME
(Plum, Apricot)		 ume UME-MODOKI
(Winterberry)		 umemodoki
BOKE
(Quince)		 boke ROUBAI
(Wintersweet)		 roubai
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