mercedo's Journal: Sacra & Cosmos

Sakura means cherry blossoms in Japanese, and its pronounciation is very similar to sacra in sacrament, sacra- is Latin word for sacrid and in fact, Japanese sakura means where God whose name is Sa took his seat.

So obviously sakura-cherry blossoms have been regarded as something very sacrid and keep on being an objectives of faith from the Japanese for a long time.

Cosmos originally means order, universe, etc it's a very profound word and also used as a name for common autumn flower. Is it only me who think the flower appreciation derived from the faith or belief to natural God?

Sakura

[Le Marteau]

Regarding the derivation of Sakura... very interesting... thank you.

There is a part of Denver called "Sakura Square" which is where I go when I am in need of tabi. Plus it's just a nice place to be. But I never knew what 'sakura' meant.

I was told that the Cherry Blossom was alsa a symbol of the Samurai. I heard that it was a fitting symbol because the blossom falls in it's prime... while it is still beautiful and vibrant, exactly how a Samurai should be. A samurai should expect to die while in his prime

Re:Sakura

[mercedo]

I was told that the Cherry Blossom was alsa a symbol of the Samurai. I heard that it was a fitting symbol because the blossom falls in it's prime... while it is still beautiful and vibrant, exactly how a Samurai should be. A samurai should expect to die while in his prime.

Your description is completely correct. If you were interested, see this link, that is 'Hagakure Nyumon' written by Yukio Mishima. [worldcatlibraries.org]

Sakura was, as you pointed out, used as a symbol of student soldiers who are going to frontiers and prob