The neat and gorgeous and beautiful wisteria flowers have long attracted and been loved by many people. There are many poems in the Manyoshu that composed about wisteria flowers. And the name of the woman who the main character of “Genji Monogatari”, Hikarugenji, loved first was also “Fujitsubo (wisterias vase)”. Furthermore wisteria flowers have been seen as a symbol of women, because when they bloom and hang down, they look like “furisode”. The word “good guest” is also a wisteria flower word that was created from the image of a kimono woman welcoming guests. Furthermore, since the sound of the word “Fuji” can be heard as “immortal”, it has long been regarded as a lucky flower, and its purple color has been treated as the most noble color.

清楚でありながら華やかで美しい藤の花は昔から多くの人たちを魅了し、愛されてきました。万葉集にも、藤のことを歌った歌が多く記されていますし、「源氏物語」の主人公、光源氏の初恋の女性の名前も「藤壺」です。また、藤の花は、垂れ下がりながら咲く姿がまるで「振袖」のように見えることから、藤は女性の象徴ともされてきました。「佳客」と言う言葉も、客を出迎える振袖女性のイメージからつけられた藤の花言葉です。更に「フジ」の言葉の響きが「不死」とも聞こえることから、古くから縁起の良い花とされ、その紫色は最も高貴な色として扱われてきました。