| Man’yō Name |
Sibakusa
（しばくさ） |
| Modern Name |
Chikarashiba 力芝（チカラシバ）
Ohishiba 雄日芝（オヒシバ） |
| English Names |
- Yard grass, Indian goosegrass, wiregrass, crowfootgrass
- Chinese pennisetum, Chinese fountaingrass, dwarf fountain grass, foxtail fountain grass, swamp foxtail grass
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| Scientific Name |
F. Poaceae; Eleusine indica
F. Poaceae; Pennisetum alopecuroides |
| Distribution |
Various parts of Japan |
| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Poems (2)
| MYS VI: 1048 |
MYS XI: 2777 |
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| Man’yō Name |
Sanokata
（ さのかた） |
| Modern Name |
Akebi
木通･通草（アケビ） |
| English Names |
Akebi; chocolate vine; five-leaved akebia
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| Scientific Name |
F. Lardizabalaceae
Akebia quinata |
| Distribution |
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| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Autumn |
Poems (3)
| MYS X: 1928 |
MYS X: 1929 |
MYS XIII: 3323 |
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| Man’yō Name |
Kukutati
茎立（くくたち） |
| Modern Name |
Kukutachi
（くくたち） |
| English Names |
Stalk – especially of turnip-type plants |
| Notes |
A generic term for a part of plant. |
Poems (1)
| Man’yō Name |
Wominapesi
女郎花、乎美奈敝之、美人部師、佳人部為、娘子部四、姫押、娘部思、姫部思（ をみなへし） |
| Modern Name |
Ominaeshi
女郎花（オミナエシ） |
| English Names |
Golden valerian |
| Scientific Name |
F. Valerianaceae
Patrinia scabiosifolia |
| Distribution |
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Autumn |
Ominaeshi (Valerian)
Poems (14)
MYS IV: 675
MYS VII: 1346
MYS VIII: 1530
MYS VIII: 1534 |
MYS VIII: 1538
MYS X: 1905
MYS X: 2107
MYS X: 2115 |
MYS X: 2279
MYS XVII: 3943
MYS XVII: 3944
MYS XVII: 3951 |
MYS XX: 4297
MYS XX: 4316 |
| Man’yō Name |
Wogi
平疑、荻（ をぎ） |
| Modern Name |
Ogi
荻（オギ） |
| English Names |
Amur silver-grass |
| Scientific Name |
F. Poaceae
Miscanthus sacchariflorus |
| Distribution |
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Poems (3)
| MYS IV: 500 |
MYS X: 2134 |
MYS XIV: 3446 |
| Man’yō Name |
Wegu
恵具、回具（ ゑぐ） |
| Modern Name |
- Kuroguwai 黒慈姑（クログワイ）
- Seri 芹（セリ）
- Omodaka 面高･沢瀉（オモダカ）
- Rengesō 蓮華草（レンゲソウ）
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| English Names |
- Ohwi
- Java water dropwort
- Threeleaf arrowhead; Chinese arrowhead
- Chinese milk vetch
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| Scientific Name |
- F. Cyperaceae; Eleocharis kuroguwai
- F. Apiaceae; Oenanthe javanica
- F. Alismataceae; Sagittaria trifolia
- F. Fabaceae; Astragalus sinicus
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| Distribution |
Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Poems (2)
| Man’yō Name |
Warabi
和良妣（ わらび） |
| Modern Name |
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| English Names |
Japanese lancea flowering fern |
| Scientific Name |
F. Osmundaceae
Osmunda lancea |
| Distribution |
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Poems (1)
Warabi
| Man’yō Name |
Wasuregusa
忘草、萱草（ わすれぐさ） |
| Modern Name |
- Yabukanzō 藪萱草（ヤブカンゾウ）
- Nokanzō 野萱草 （ノカンゾウ）
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| English Names |
Orange Day-lily, Tawny Daylily, Tiger Daylily, Fulvous Daylily, Ditch Lily, Railroad Daylily, Roadside Daylily, Outhouse Lily, Tiger Lily, Wash-house Lily |
| Scientific Name |
- F. Lilliaceae; Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso
- F. Lilliaceae; Hemerocallis fulva var. disticha
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| Distribution |
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Summer |
Poems (5)
| Man’yō Name |
Yomogi
余母疑（ よもぎ） |
| Modern Name |
Yomogi
蓬（ヨモギ） |
| English Names |
Yomogi |
| Scientific Name |
F. Asteraceae
Artemisia princeps |
| Distribution |
Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| Appearance |
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Seasonal Association
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Poems (1)
| Man’yō Name |
Yuru
（ ゆる） |
| Modern Name |
Yamayuri
山百合（ヤマユリ） |
| English Names |
Yamayuri, mountain lily |
| Scientific Name |
F. Lilliaceae
Lilium auratum |
| Distribution |
Hokkaido, Honshu |
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