Ukon no Tachibana

Japanese: 右近の橘 - うこんのたちばな

① A tachibana tree planted on the west side of the south staircase below Shishinden. In the Heian period, officials from the Ukon'efu (right-wing palace) lined up south from this tachibana tree, hence the name. Ukon. ⇔ Sakon's cherry tree. ※Heiji (around 1220) middle passage: "Sakkon's cherry tree, Ukon's tachibana, chased seven or eight times." ② (Imitating ①) A decoration lined up on the stage for the Girls' Festival. ※Inhuman Love (1927) by Edogawa Ranpo, volume 7: "This is the Hina doll, this is Sakon's cherry tree, and Ukon's tachibana. "

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Japanese:

① 紫宸殿(ししんでん)の南階下の西側に植えた橘。平安時代、右近衛府の官人がこの橘から南に陣列したことからいう。右近。⇔左近の桜。※平治（1220頃か）中「左近の桜、右近の橘を七八度まで追ひまはして」② （①を模して）雛祭りに雛壇に並べる飾り物。※人でなしの恋（1927）〈江戸川乱歩〉七「これがお雛様、これが左近の桜、右近(ウコン)の橘(タチバナ)と」

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