RosesGerminal Fear VIA thin robe IIIOrchid cactusThe valley of soaring flowers of hopeA sister work of "<a href="https://hiromimiura.com/1017-180x90x6_tennyo-raizu/" class="internal">Emergence of <i>tennyo</i> (celestial maidens)</a>", drawn after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011, which also hit the hometown of the author.  The image depicts <i>tennyo</i>, or angels, with different backgrounds around the world holding flowers of hope.  <i>Botan</i> flower (<i>Paeonia suffruticosa</i>)GladioluslilyAngeliqueA flowerThe left counterpart of a pair of folding screens.  <i>Botan</i> flower (<i>Paeonia suffruticosa</i>)<i>Sasa</i>, or bamboo grass, is said to bloom only once in every sixty years to a century.  <i>Kanreki</i> (還暦), a term derived from the Chinese sexagenary cycle, is often used for the anniversary of 60th birthday in Japan, to which the title of this image of <b>sasa flowers</b> is attributed.  Red-and-white <i>botan</i> flowers (<i>Paeonia suffruticosa</i>)Emergence of <i>tennyo</i>, or angels, in contemporary fashionA cat and a flowerBeing gorgeousTremor of WingsOrchidsThe right counterpart of a pair of folding screens.  LILYAn red-and-white attired camellia<i>Kawadzu-zakura</i> (Cherry blossom)To cherish