花の宴

Japanese

Literally “flower banquet,” i.e. a banquet under the cherry blossoms.

花(はな)の宴(えん) • (hana no en)

a drinking and flower viewing party under the cherry blossoms
- 1901, “Kōjō no Tsuki [Moon over the Ruined Castle]”, Bansui Doi (lyrics), Rentarō Taki (music):
  
  春(はる)高(かう)楼(ろう)の花(はな)の宴(えん)　めぐる盃(さかづき)かげさして
  haru kōrō no hana no en meguru sakazuki kage sashite
  On the high tower in spring at a cherry-banquet, sake cups are exchanged while a shadow is being cast.
a spicy-bitter 真那賀 (manaka)-class of incense and one of the sixty-one famous named incense varieties

花(はな)の宴(えん) • (Hana no En)

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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