These are flowers of Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum). The cream white flowers caught my eye. The Japanese name is "Teika kazura," meaning Teika vine. Teika is the first name of Teika Fujiwara (1162 - 1241), a Japanese anthologist, calligrapher, literary critic, novelist, poet, and scribe. The vine was named after the legend that Teika loved Princess Shikishi so much that he couldn't forget about her after death and was reborn as this vine to coil around her grave. The story is currently performed as a Noh play and made me want to see the Noh play.
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| Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum) テイカカズラ（定家葛） |
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定家葛（テイカカズラ）です。地味だけど可愛いです。和名は、式子内親王を愛した藤原定家が、死後も彼女を忘れられず、定家葛に生まれ変わって彼女の墓にからみついたという伝説に基づくとのこと。今は「定家」という能になっているそうです。久しぶりに能を観たくなりました。
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