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)

山萩

やまはぎ ヤマハギ

shrubby lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor)

お萩

おはぎ

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

姫萩

ひめはぎ ヒメハギ

dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)

舞萩

まいはぎ

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

蓍萩

めどはぎ メドハギ

Chinese lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cuneata)

萩焼

はぎやき

Hagi ware, Hagi pottery

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)

沼萩

ぬまはぎ

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

木萩

きはぎ キハギ

Lespedeza buergeri (species of bush clover)

犬萩

いぬはぎ

woolly lespedeza (Lespedeza tomentosa) (species of flower)

鼬萩

いたちはぎ イタチハギ

false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), bastard indigo, leadwort

萩原

はぎはら はぎわら

reedy field

白萩

しらはぎ

white bush clover

夏萩

なつはぎ

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

萩の餅

はぎのもち

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

萩の乱

Hagi Rebellion (1876)

萩重ね

はぎがさね

autumn garment