Friday, February 19, 2010

#006 Hotokenoza "SEAT of BUDDHIST IMAGE"

I saw the weed "Hotokenoza" on March last year and two years ago in our garden.

These are today's photos.
It seems that the opening of a flower is faster a month than last year.

Hotokenoza, "Hotoke" means Buddhist image, "no" means Of and "za" means seat in English.
So Hotoke-no-za means "SEAT of BUDDHIST IMAGE".
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3 comments:

  1. JJ Cedar Glader9:30 AM

    ahh! we have this plant all over the yard here in Nashville, Tennessee.
    We call it "henbit" or "deadnettle",
    it is an important plant for honeybees as it helps them build their spring reserves of honey.

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  2. hero爺2:09 AM

    JJ san
    Thaks for your comment!

    The following may be the icing on the cake for you.
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    Hotokenoza is written as this "仏の座" in Kanji Character.

    仏(ホトケ) = hotoke
    の(ノ) = no
    座(ザ) = za

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  3. Michelle Clay9:06 AM

    Beautiful!

    We have lots of mud right now. :D

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