Sakura
Transcript: Contain amygdalin and prunasin form hydrocyanic acid combined with water. This acid is poisonous but in very small doses it can improve respiration, digestion, and a sense of well-being. Fruit can be used as food and to make green dye motivate the Japanese people stoke nationalism and militarism among the populace. used in propaganda to inspire "Japanese spirit," Scientific name from the leaves. A dainty slow-growing, early white-flowering cherry, a century-old cultigen from Hondo, Japan. An ornamental but the wood has no industrial value. Hardy to -20°C, and crossed with Prunus speciosa has yielded the cultivar Prunus 'Umineko'. Ornamental section Pseudocerasus of the cherry subgenus Cerasus of the Prunus genus. Classified it in a group with Prunus nipponica A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata. Prunus Sargentii Prunus Campanulata high-speed shinkansen service operated between Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima-Chūō in Japan since 12 March 2011. 3. Sakura Color Products Corporation, a Japanese pen manufacturer Cherry-Blossom Kura Sacchan Saki Sakusaku HIMALAYAN CHERRY, INDIA VARIETIES & BLOOMING Nara Period (710–794) when ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning. Heian Period (794–1185), cherry blossoms become more attention and hanami = sakura Edo period, The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, spread to samurai society and to the common people Prunus Nipponica sakura ->200 cultivars BY: AMIRAH AQILAH SAKURA SAKURA VANCOUVER, CANADA PLACES BUSINESS 4. Sakura Lounge, the airport lounge of Japan Airlines Japanese pilots A cherry blossom painted on the side of the bomber ->intensity and ephemerality of life take branches of the trees with them falling cherry petals -> sacrifice of youth in suicide missions -honor the emperor 5. Sakura (cigarette), produced and sold exclusively in Japan, by Japan Tobacco Oshima cherry, Japanese (Oshima zakura) native to Izu Ōshima island and the Izu Peninsula on Honshū near Tokyo, Japan. 2. Sakura Train Known as Sargent's cherry or North Japanese hill cherry, was named for Charles Sprague Sargent. A species of cherry native to Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin (Russia). Grows single pink flowers on 1-in pedicels, result in purple-black fruit in summer. a fast-growing ornamental tree requiring sun and well-drained soil. The tree can tolerate wind, but not air pollution; it is one of the hardiest cherries, and can be easily transplanted Sa Saku-chan Suki Sassy Kuki Sak POSTECH, SOUTH KOREA Prunus Incisa, Fuji Cherry BRAZIL Japanese alpine cherry (Takanezakura) MUSIC Japanese cherry/ hill cherry/oriental cherry/East Asian cherry A species of cherry native to Japan, Korea and China Used for its spring cherry blossom displays and festivals. The flowers are produced in racemose clusters of 2-5 together at nodes on short spurs in spring at the same time as the new leaves appear white to pink, with five petals in the wild type tree. The fruit is a globose black drupe 8–10 mm diameter BENEFITS PARC DE SCEAUX, FRANCE HISTORY Sakura, Chiba , a city in Japan Sakura, Tochigi, a city in Japan formed on March 28, 2005 Sakura-ku, Saitama , a district in the city of Saitama, Japan Sakura Domain , a Japanese feudal domain in Shimōsa Province Sakura, Setagaya, Tokyo a place name in Tokyo Sakura Square, a plaza in Denver, Colorado SAKURA NICKNAME Prunus Specioca ISTANBUL, TURKEY clouds due to their nature of blooming together -->metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life,Buddhist influence, concept of mono no aware. transience of the blossoms, ---the exquisite beauty and volatility, mortality & graceful, readily acceptance of destiny and karma Prunus × yedoensis 'Somei-yoshino' or Yoshino cherry (synonym Cerasus × yedoensis) is a hybrid cherry Prunus speciosa (Oshima zakura) F + Prunus pendula f. ascendens (Edo higan) M It occurs as a natural or artificial hybrid in Japan Flowers are nearly pure white, tinged with the palest pink, near the stem. Bloom and fall within a week, before the leaves come out. Name from the village of Somei ( Toshima in Tokyo). 1.The Sakura Bank, a Japanese bank based in Tokyo and Kobe SYMBOLISM 1932, Akiko Yosano's poetry urged Japanese soldiers to endure sufferings in China and compared the dead soldiers to cherry blossoms. Arguments that the plans for the Battle of Leyte Gulf failed->countered with the plea that the Navy permitted to "bloom as flowers of death. last message of the forces on Peleliu was "Sakura, Sakura" species of cherry native to Japan, Vietnam, China & Taiwan. grown as an ornamental tree symbol of Nago, Okinawa, Ryukyu, Japan. known in English as the Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry, or bellflower cherry. described in 1883 by Carl Johann Maximowicz. WW II Prunus Yedoensis Prunus Serrulata FAMOUS SAKURA BY COUNTRY NEWARK, NEW JERSEY