On the way to work I saw a few dayflowers growing beside the path.

Just a gentle rub and the petals melt into an almost purplish blue ink.

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If you're fickle of heart, you are likened to a dayflower... 'tsukikusanokokoro' (月草の心).

Like many poetic flowers, 'dew grass' (露草) goes by many names: 'moon grass' (月草), 'firefly grass' (蛍草), 'cap flower' (帽子花), 'blue flower' (青花) & 'clothed grass' (着き草).

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“It was true then: he had after all the shifting hue of the dewflower. She had heard about that. She had heard, albeit in general terms, that men were good at lying, that many a sweet word went into the pretense of love.”

-Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), The Tale of Genji (源氏物語).

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On the way to work I saw a few dayflowers growing beside the path.

Just a gentle rub and the petals melt into an almost purplish blue ink.

#ツユクサ #tsuyukusa #dayflower #Japan #dewflower #Kyoto #京都

'Tsuyukusa' (ツユクサ, 露草, 鴨跖草, 鴨跖) goes by many names, but because its flowers open at dawn and wither at dusk, it is commonly known as the 'dayflower'.

This brief burst of life has made it a symbol of fleeting affections, changes of heart, and nostalgic feelings.

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🪻SUMMER BLUES🎨

Despite what the humidity may be telling us outside, the traditional calendar promises that we are now in a season called 'shosho' (処暑 'manageable heat'-August 23rd-September 7th).

From now until autumn the delicate Asiatic dayflower (ツユクサ) begins to bloom.

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