Meanings

Satsuma mock orange

sorbaria

wild Japanese apricot

Chinese bushberry

marsh grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris)

kōbaiyaki (senbei punched into shapes, e.g. plum)

return of the rainy season

return of the rainy season

deep brown color

Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)

Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Japanese variety of the Kamchatka globeflower, Trollius riederianus)

fifth lunar month

second lunar month

weeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula)

plum blossom festival (held at Kitano Shrine on February 25)

winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)

Ludwigia stipulacea (species of primrose-willow)

Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)

strips of shark cartilage served with dried plum

fallen ume blossoms