Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
wood-block printing; publication
catalpa bow; spirit bow; bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood
female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow
to bring (a book) into the world; to publish
Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood)