Category Archives: Man’yō Plants

Yuri

Man’yō Name Yuri
由利、百合( ゆり)
Modern Name
  1. Sasayuri 笹百合(ササユリ)
  2. Yamayuri 山百合(ヤマユリ)
English Names
  1. Japanese lily
  2. Yamayuri, mountain lily
Scientific Name
  1. F. Lilliaceae; Lilium japonicum
  2. F. Lilliaceae; Lilium auratum
Distribution Hokkaido, Honshu
Appearance
Seasonal Association

Poems (10)

MYS VII: 1257
MYS VIII: 1503
MYS XI: 2467
MYS XVIII: 4086
MYS XVIII: 4087
MYS XVIII: 4088
MYS XVIII: 4113
MYS XVIII: 4115
MYS XX: 4369

Yuzuruha

Man’yō Name Yuzuruha
由亜流波、弓絃葉( ゆずるは)
Modern Name Yuzuriha
譲葉・交譲木・楪(ユズリハ)
English Names  Daphniphyllum
Scientific Name F. Daphniphyllaceae
Daphniphyllum macropodum
Distribution Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association
 New Year

Poems (2)

MYS II: 111 MYS XIV: 3572

Yamabuki

Man’yō Name Yamabuki
夜万夫吉、夜麻夫枳、也麻夫支、山吹、山振( やまぶき)
Modern Name Yamabuki
山吹(ヤマブキ)
English Names  Kerria
Scientific Name F. Rosaceae
Kerria japonica
Distribution Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association
 Spring

Poems (18)

MYS II: 158
MYS VIII: 1435
MYS VIII: 1444
MYS IX: 1700
MYS X: 1860
MYS X: 1907
MYS XI: 2786
MYS XVII: 3968
MYS XVII: 3971
MYS XVII: 3974
MYS XVII: 3976
MYS XIX: 4184
MYS XIX: 4185
MYS XIX: 4186
MYS XIX: 4197
MYS XX: 4302
MYS XX: 4303
MYS XX: 4304

Yamajisa

Man’yō Name Yamadisa
山知左、山萵苣( やまぢさ)
Modern Name
  1. Iwatabako 岩煙草(イワタバコ)
  2. Egonoki えごの木(エゴノキ)
  3. Chishanoki 萵苣の木(チシヤノキ)
English Names
  1.  Alpine gesneriad
  2. Japanese snowbell
Scientific Name
  1. F. Gesneriaceae; Conandron ramondioides
  2. F. Styracaceae; Styrax japonica
  3. F. Boraginaceae; Ehretia acuminata
Distribution Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association

Poems (2)

MYS VII: 1360 MYS XI: 2469

Yamatazu

Man’yō Name Yamatadu
山多頭、山多豆(やまたづ)
Modern Name Niwatoko
庭常・接骨木(ニワトコ)
English Names  Red elderberry; Red-berried Elder
Scientific Name F. Caprifoliaceae
Sambucus racemosa
Distribution Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association

Poems (2)

MYS II: 90 MYS VI: 971

Yamatachibana

Man’yō Name Yamatatibana
山橘、夜麻多知波奈( やまたちばな)
Modern Name Yabukōji
藪柑子(ヤブコウジ)
English Names  Marlberry
Scientific Name F. Myrsinaceae
Ardisia japonica
Distribution Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association

Poems (5)

MYS IV: 669
MYS VII: 1340
MYS XI: 2767 MYS XIX: 4226 MYS XX: 4471

Yamasuge/Yamasuga

Man’yō Name Yamasuge/Yamasuga
夜麻須気、夜麻須我、山菅、山草( やますげ・やますが)
Modern Name
  1. Janohige 蛇の鬚(ジャノヒゲ)
  2. Ryūnohige 竜の鬚(リュウノヒゲ)
  3. Yaburan 藪蘭(ヤブラン)
English Names
  1.  Dwarf lilyturf, mondograss, fountainplant, monkeygrass
  2. Dwarf lilyturf, mondograss, fountainplant, monkeygrass
  3. Big blue lilyturf, lilyturf, border grass, monkey grass
Scientific Name
  1. F. Lilliaceae; Ophiopogon japonicus
  2. F. Lilliaceae; Ophiopogon japonicus
  3. F. Lilliaceae; Liriope muscari
Distribution Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association

Poems (13)

MYS IV: 546
MYS XI: 2456
MYS XI: 2474
MYS XI: 2477
MYS XII: 2862
MYS XII: 3051
MYS XII: 3053
MYS XII: 3055
MYS XII: 3066
MYS XII:3204
MYS XIII: 3291
MYS XIV: 3577
MYS XX: 4484

Yama’ai

Man’yō Name Yama’awi
山藍( やまあゐ)
Modern Name Yama’ai
山藍(ヤマアイ)
English Names  Mercury
Scientific Name F. Euphorbiaceae
Mercurialis leiocarpa
Distribution Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association

Poems (1)

MYS IX: 1742

Yanagi

Man’yō Name Yanagi
柳、楊、也奈宜、楊奈疑( やなぎ)
Modern Name Shidareyanagi
枝垂れ柳(シダレヤナギ)
English Names  Babylon willow; weeping willow
Scientific Name F. Salicaceae
Salix babylonia
Distribution Cultivated (originally north Asia)
Appearance
Seasonal Association

Poems (36)

MYS V: 817
MYS V: 821
MYS V: 825
MYS V: 826
MYS V: 840
MYS VI: 949
MYS VIII: 1432
MYS VIII: 1433
MYS X: 1819
MYS X: 1821
MYS X: 1846
MYS X: 1847
MYS X: 1850
MYS X: 1851
MYS X: 1852
MYS X:1853
MYS X: 1856
MYS X: 1896
MYS X: 1904
MYS X: 1924
MYS XI: 2453
MYS XIII: 3324
MYS XIV: 3443
MYS XIV: 3455
MYS XIV: 3491
MYS XIV: 3492
MYS XIV: 3546
MYS XV: 3603
MYS XVII: 3903
MYS XVII: 3905
MYS XVIII: 4071
MYS XIX: 4142
MYS XIX: 4192
MYS XIX: 4238
MYS XIX: 4289
MYS XX: 4386

Momoyogusa

Man’yō Name Momoyogusa
母々余具佐、百代草( ももよぐさ)
Modern Name
  1. Nojigiku 野路菊(ノジギク)
  2. Tsuyukusa 露草(ツユクサ)
  3.  Mukashiyomogi 昔蓬(ムカシヨモギ)
  4.  Kiku 菊(キク)
English Names
  1.  Gold/Silver chrysanthemum
  2.  Dayflower
  3.  Bitter fleabane
  4.  Florist’s daisy; Hardy garden mum; chrysanthemum
Scientific Name
  1.  F. Asteraceae; Chrysanthemum japonese
  2.  F. Commelinaceae; Commelina communis
  3.  F. Asteraceae; Erigeron acris L. var. kamtschticus (DC.) Herd.
  4.  F. Asteraceae; Chrysanthemum morifolium
Distribution Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Appearance
Seasonal Association
 Autumn

Poems (1)

MYS XX: 4326