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m (Wokera moved to Okera: By reading more Fudoki references to Okera/Wokera, it seems the general consensus is that it should be pronouned Okera.)
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* ''Scientific name: Atractylis ovata''
 
* ''Scientific name: Atractylis ovata''
 
* ''Alternate name: Wokera''
 
* ''Alternate name: Wokera''
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* Japanese: をけら
  
 
This plant, noted in the ''Harima no Kuni [[Fudoki]]'', was offered to the Imperial Court. It is also noted as growing in the ''Ihibo Woka'' region of Harima, among countless other regions<ref>Michiko Aoki, ''Records of Wind and Earth'', page 201</ref>.
 
This plant, noted in the ''Harima no Kuni [[Fudoki]]'', was offered to the Imperial Court. It is also noted as growing in the ''Ihibo Woka'' region of Harima, among countless other regions<ref>Michiko Aoki, ''Records of Wind and Earth'', page 201</ref>.
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[http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/a68_fes_okera.html Okera in Japanese festivals]
 
[http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/a68_fes_okera.html Okera in Japanese festivals]
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[http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/93604.html Picture]

Latest revision as of 01:01, 29 October 2006

  • Scientific name: Atractylis ovata
  • Alternate name: Wokera
  • Japanese: をけら

This plant, noted in the Harima no Kuni Fudoki, was offered to the Imperial Court. It is also noted as growing in the Ihibo Woka region of Harima, among countless other regions[1].

Notes

  1. Michiko Aoki, Records of Wind and Earth, page 201

Links

Atractylis ovata

Atractylis ovata in China

Atractylis ovata

Okera in Japanese festivals

Picture