萩の乱

Hagi Rebellion (1876)

萩

はぎ ハギ

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

汁の餅

mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

水の餅

みずのもち

mochi offered when drawing the first water of the year

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

秋萩

あきはぎ

bush clover (that blossoms in the autumn)