Two Tricyrtis and Three Samurai Lords ホトトギス２種

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

These are tricyrtis macropoda and tricyrtis formosana 'samurai' (maybe....😅). I saw the first one at Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden and the second in my neighborhood both in Tokyo. 

Tricyrtis macropoda ヤマホトトギス

Tricyrtis macropoda ヤマホトトギス

Tricyrtis macropoda from the side 横から

 Tricyrtis formosana タイワンホトトギス

Tricyrtis formosana タイワンホトトギス

Tricyrtis formosana from the side 横から

Many tricyrtis formosana タイワンホトトギスがいっぱい

Tricyrtis has more than a dozen of types. I am certain that the first one is tricyrtis "macropoda" because the nearby label said so, but not so sure about the other.

Both are called toad lily because they have spots looking like a toad's skin, and prefer shady, moist places like toads. But this perception is not true of Japan. The toad lily is called "lesser cuckoo" in Japan because of the spots, which look like the chest plumage of this small bird.

A lessor cuckoo is used to describe clear differences in the characteristics of three Japanese samurai lords, Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and Ieyasu Tokugawa (16th to 17th century). They are said to have said as follows when asked what they would do if a lessor cuckoo does not sing:

Nobunaga: "I will kill the cuckoo."
Hideyoshi: "I will make the cuckoo sing."
Ieyasu: "I will wait until the cuckoo sings."

So, what would you do if a cuckoo does not sing? Me? "I will take pictures of the cuckoo"😉

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向島百花園で見たヤマホトトギスと近所のタイワンホトトギスです。ホトトギスの名は、斑点が鳥の胸の斑点と似ているから。杜鵑、杜宇、蜀魂、不如帰、時鳥、子規、田鵑とも書きます。油の模様染みにも見えるから油点草（ユテンソウ）ともいいます。

ホトトギスには何十種類もあるそうです。なので、ヤマホトトギスはタグにそう書いてあったので確かなのですが、タイワンホトトギスは自信ありません｡｡｡

ホトトギスといえば、信長、秀吉、家康の歌が有名ですよね。あなたはどのタイプですか？私は「鳴かぬなら写真を撮ろうホトトギス」です😉

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