What would be the contemporary equivalent of Victorian “flower language?
” Answer: The Japanese have their own comtemporary version of the Victorian Language of Flowers which is called “Hanakotoba.” Apparently this Japanese language derivative is not commonly used, but it does exist. It is generally used to convey emotional feelings to a more generalized statement. There is more information about this Language of Flowers here: http://www.silverdragonstudio.com/sumi-e/hanak.html http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~kosa/rie/small/hanakotoba.html If you can read Japanese characters, then surely there’s more information on this subject to be found through standard search engines. I hope this helps.
