#hotokenoza

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Today's Haiku with Picture 203

Hotokenoza (buddha’s chair)

Looks like lavender

in the distance

ホトケノザ

ラベンダーかも

遠目には

It is common plant of the Labiatae family in Japan.

(2022.10.23)

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Today's Haiku with Picture 162

Hotokenoza

Buddha's chair

This is what it's like

ホトケノザ

釈迦の座椅子が

これなりき

This labiatae grass is one of the "seven herbs of spring". Officially, a different plant is the original hotokenoza(edible). A part of the leaf looks like a chair. (hotoke=Buddha, za=chair)

(2022.10.11)

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#hotokenoza #henbit #flowers #spring #japan #2017 #march (井の頭恩賜公園)