白根葵（Glaucidium palmatum、Shirane-aoi）
- The Queen of Spring Ephemerals
わびぬれば 今はたおなじ 白根の 花の露も 命にぞありける
This haiku is about the Shirane-aoi that bloomed in the deep mountains of Mount Shirane.
The haiku poet Matsuo Basho wrote by the haiku poet Matsuo Basho during his spring visit to Nikko Shiraneyama (a mountain located on the border of Katashina Village, Tone County, Gunma Prefecture, and Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture) and was published in "Okunohosomichi."
Late afternoon in the wildflower garden, Japan, spring light shimmers in the spring breeze and the song of birds celebrates spring ephemerals (Glaucidium palmatum, シラネアオイ)
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The opening haiku is interpreted in modern language as follows:
"If we feel the transience and impermanence of the world when we see this scene (modest and simple elegance), it means that the dews on a flower of Shirane-aoi has a fleeting life just like us humans and is equally brief."
"If we feel the transience and impermanence of the world when we see this scene (modest and simple elegance), it means that the dews on a flower of Shirane-aoi has a fleeting life just like us humans and is equally brief."
Shirane-aoi is a humble flower that blooms only during a short period of spring. Still, it is a wildflower with a strong presence, worthy of the queen of spring fairies. Since ancient times, we Japanese have felt wabi-sabi, the central idea of Japanese culture, in nature and the changing seasons.
Please enjoy a moment of spring.
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