The twelfth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is:
大暑
(たいしょ)
“taisho”
‘blistering heat’ // ‘major heat’ (solar term)
The first “kō” microseason within this division is:
桐始結花
(きり はじめて はな を むすぶ)
“kiri hajimete hana o musubu”
Paulownia trees produce seeds
That makes 桐始結花 the thirty-fourth microseason of the year!
It typically lasts 23~28 July.
桐
(きり)
“kiri”
paulownia tree
The other kanji are a bit tricky to interpret here…the hiragana paraphrasing makes sense though!
Click here to learn about this subseries
Image credit: SeedsForAfrica.co.za.
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