WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA (WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA(WILLD.) DC.) IN JAPANESE CULTURE

Since ancient times, plants have occupied an important place in people's lives in Japan. With their help, they were not only treated or saved from starvation, they were deified and endowed with many meanings. The article provides data on one of these multifunctional plants, Wisteria floribunda (fuji). The inflorescences were used for food, clothes were sewn from its bark, furniture was created, etc. The image of wisteria was used in Japanese heraldry, in decorative and applied arts, in literature, and the plant itself was an accent in any garden.