右う近こんの橘たちばな

noun

tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies

Historical term referring to the tachibana (Citrus tachibana) tree planted to the west of the southern stairs of the Shishinden (紫宸殿) in the Heian Palace. Often mentioned alongside 左近の桜 (the cherry tree on the east side).

See also: 紫宸殿 · 左近の桜

• 紫し宸しん殿でんの南なん階かいの西にしには右う近こんの橘たちばなが植うえられていた。

  A tachibana tree was planted to the west of the southern stairs of the Shishinden.

• 左さ近こんの桜さくらと右う近こんの橘たちばなは、平へい安あん宮きゅうの儀ぎ式しきの場ばを象しょう徴ちょうする植しょく栽さいだった。

  The sakura on the left and the tachibana on the right were symbolic plantings at the ceremonial site of the Heian Palace.