OCR Text |
Show Chrysanthemum In JPn. Back! In the sixteenth year of the reign ot Emieror Ktrnpimu was the first poem iwrltten to the chrystinthe- mum, or klku. bat away bicV In Japa- nese mylhcl'ojy tho fower was rever- enefd above nil others. Originally It ,va called the kuku, presided brer by itbeixoddess Kuku'.HIms. The. great feast wn,nrst kept br Emperor. Mura- kamf In 1011. And still the guests follow the empress through her; car- dens on the ninth dayof theinjnth month, lunarlcally speaklnr. and rever- ,ently: wntchhe crimson, croAVES.noled oV slender stems beneath tbH .silken coverings. . H |