Camellia of Japan: Camellia "shunshokkou"

Shunshokkou is taken from the first passage of the pillow book written by Sei Shonagon in the Heian period. The Pillow Book is one of Japan's three major essays and the oldest in Japan. Sei Shonagon not only saw beautiful things as beautiful, she is a person who has a point of view that is quite esprit. Sei Shonagon served Teishi the wife of Emperor Ichijo during the Heian period. Teishi lost her father Michitaka Fujiwara and lost her father’s backing. Michitaka's younger brother Michinaga seized power, His daughter, Shoshi, entered the court as Emperor Ichijo's consort. Teishi seems to have had a hard time in the court. Even so, Emperor Ichijo's love for Teishi did not change, Teishi who had a hard time in the court without any backing, like this camellia, She was beautiful and ephemeral, and she must have been a woman full of kindness. This camellia feels like a Teishi loved by Emperor Ichijo.