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There are two different species of hibiscus flowers which are prominent in Japanese culture.
The ''Hibiscus mutabilis'' is perhaps the more prominent in mainland Japan; known in Japanese as ''fuyô'' 芙蓉, it lends its name to the ''fuyô no ma'' (Hall of Hibiscus) of [[Edo castle]] and other such complexes.
The ''Hibiscus rosa-sinensis'', meanwhile, has become an unofficial symbol of [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]]. Commonly known simply as ''akabana'' 赤花 ("red flower") in Okinawa, it is more formally or traditionally sometimes known as ''bussôge'' 仏桑花.
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==References==
*“Shitsugei Maeda Kōin-san: Shurijō ni inochi wo fukikonda shitsugei sakka” 漆芸前田孝允：首里城にいのちを吹き込んだ漆芸作家, Shuri: Ryūkyū no miyako wo aruku 首里：琉球の都をあるく, Momoto special issue 別冊モモト, Itoman: Tōyō kikaku (2013/8), 27.
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