Microseason #43 of 72: 草露白 “Dew glistens white on grass” [129/365]

The thirteenth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is:

白露
(はくろ)
“hakuro”
‘glistening dew’ // ‘white dew’ (solar term)

The first “kō” microseason within this division is:

草露白
(くさ の つゆ しろし)
“kusa no tsuyu shiroshi”
Dew glistens white on grass

That makes 草露白 the forty-third microseason of the year!

It typically lasts 8~12 September.



ハク/ビャク
しろ/しろ・い/(しら)
white


Click here to learn more about this subseries


Image credit: CITS.net.

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