裏白[Urajiro]
Diplopterygium glaucum
裏[Ura] : Reverse side, undersurface
The photo shows one leaf flipped over.
It is a species of fern named for the white undersurface of its leaves. It also has aliases 穂長[Honaga], 山草[Yamakusa], 双向[Moromuki], etc. Fern is called shida and written as 羊歯 or 歯朶.
齒朶。裏白。穗長。
其根一本にして衆枝これを貫く、故に鳳尾と名くと本草に見えたり。蕨又は狗背に似て山に生じ表靑く裏白き葉なり。四時枯れざる故に正月の嘉祝の物に飾る植物にして、人の皆な知る所なり。
[Shida. Urajiro. Honaga.
Sono ne ippon nishite shūshi kore wo tsuranuku, yue ni hōbi to nazuku to honzō ni mietari. Warabi matawa zenmai ni nite yama ni shōji omote aoku ura shiroki ha nari. Shiji karezaru yue ni shōgatsu no kashuku no mono ni kazaru shokubutsu nishite, hito no mina shiru tokoro nari.]
Shida. Urajiro. Honaga.
According to Book Honzō (-tsūkan?), it has a single root from which all branches grow, hence its name "Phoenix Tail". Resembling Warabi(Bracken, Pteridium aquilinum) or Zenmai(Osmund, Osmunda japonica), it grows in mountains, with leaves green on surface and white undersrface. Since it never withers throughout the seasons, it is well-known as a plant used to decorate auspicious items during the New Year.
From 俳句新歳事記[Haiku Shin Saijiki](New almanac of seasonal words for haiku) by 寒川 鼠骨[Samukawa Sokotsu](Haiku poet, 1875-1954)
Source: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/875600/1/39
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokotsu_Samukawa
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shinnen_by_Mizuno_Toshikata.jpg
[Shida no ha mo naki ni mochii no kagami kana]
It doesn't even have the leaves of Shida, but it's Kagami-mochi, huh
(It could also be read as "Despite missing teeth, I ate hard mochi and am now looking inside my mouth in the mirror")
By 松尾 芭蕉[Matsuo Bashō](Haiku poet, 1644-1694)
https://www.gov-online.go.jp/hlj/en/january_2025/january_2025-04.html
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