秋萩帖

あきはぎじょう

Akihagijō (10C poem by Ono Michikaze, regarded as the first hiragana text)

萩

はぎ ハギ

bush clover, Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza)

萩焼

はぎやき

Hagi ware, Hagi pottery

蓍萩

めどはぎ メドハギ

Chinese lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cuneata)

禊萩

みそはぎ みぞはぎ ミソハギ ミゾハギ

Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife closely related to purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria)

お萩

おはぎ

rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

山萩

やまはぎ ヤマハギ

shrubby lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor)

姫萩

ひめはぎ ヒメハギ

dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)

犬萩

いぬはぎ

woolly lespedeza (Lespedeza tomentosa) (species of flower)

白萩

しらはぎ

white bush clover

舞萩

まいはぎ

telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius); semaphore plant; dancing plant

木萩

きはぎ キハギ

Lespedeza buergeri (species of bush clover)

夏萩

なつはぎ

bush clover blossoming in the summer (esp. Lespedeza thunbergii)

鼬萩

いたちはぎ イタチハギ

false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), bastard indigo, leadwort

沼萩

ぬまはぎ

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

萩原

はぎはら はぎわら

reedy field

萩の餅

はぎのもち

rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

萩重ね

はぎがさね

autumn garment

先代萩

せんだいはぎ

Sendaihagi