katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

man in the moon

knight ②keima

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period) ②flattery ③Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)

crown of laurel

poet laureate

cinnamon

laurel wreath

cinnamon ②cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) ②moon ③katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)

katsura forest

moon

knight promotion

knight

promoted knight

Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)

cinnamic acid

fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans)

Cassia wine

cinnamon (color)

keishibukuryōgan

golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)