桂 - Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

Cassia wine; osmanthus wine

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between

crown of laurel

cinnamon; cassia (bark)

man in the moon

knight

promoted knight

Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)

cinnamon (color)

golden osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans)

bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree