Tag: Yayoi

  • What Is Yayoi? The Traditional Japanese Word for March Explained

    What Is Yayoi? The Traditional Japanese Word for March Explained

    by

    in

    Introduction – The Poetry of Japanese Seasonal Names When people think about months, they usually think of numbers on a calendar: January, February, March. But in Japan, months have traditionally been expressed in a much more poetic way. Before the modern calendar system was adopted, Japan used traditional seasonal month names, known as wafū getsumei.…