桂 - Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi); Chinese perch

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

man in the moon

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

crown of laurel

keishibukuryōgan; traditional Chinese medicine prescribed for gynecological disorders

moon

knight promotion

knight

promoted knight

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