[Three Days, One Issue] Little Date's Flower

On Kakushima, cherry blossoms are often blooming.

Now, there is no anger at all.However, at the end of the Meiji period, when the Japan-Luo War had just ended and the Fujiwara mansion was still on fire, the spring cherry blossoms all over the mountains and plains, as a feature of the small island, were written into poems by countless literati.

Master Fujiwara's prosperity was almost in those few years.Now that I think about it, maybe there really is a psychic spirit in the world. Since the house was built in Jiaodao, the business of the Fujiwara family has increased as if blown by the wind.In the 26th year of Meiji, that gentleman was still playing the role of a clown who became a baron only after being married to a Chinese family. However, 11 years later, he shined brightly, with wealth and glory pouring in, and everyone around him respectfully called him a lord. Waiting for the famous family.

However, even such an adult who was favored by the gods was still taken away by fire in the spring when the times changed.

I don't know why.Only one day, when the dawn was approaching, the black smoke that symbolized the fire suddenly rose.I heard from the fisherman who led the way that when the police rushed to the shore, it had been burned to an uninhabited island.The five black remains seemed to have given up their struggle and were lying everywhere among the ruins, looking very miserable.

However, in such a place, many flowers miraculously survived.

Rose, Jiazi peach, Western chrysanthemum, jasmine... until now, they are still full of vitality.The green leaves are growing and swaying in the courtyard, as if they were protected by people, giving birth to flowers that had not yet opened at that time.

After the fire, only the spring cherry blossoms withered, and all the flowers of a tree fell, and the layers of petals merged into a sea, submerged on the shriveled corpse.

It has been many, many years since I heard that the cherry blossoms are in full bloom again.

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＊Japanese-Russian War: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905