Where does “梅花方” come from?

梅花方 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 方, from Middle Chinese 方.

梅花方 (Japanese): a mixture of woods for incense producing an aroma...

Definitions

  1. a mixture of woods for incense producing an aroma...

Ancestry of “梅花方”, step by step

梅花方 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 方

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese方direction, way, side; more so; person
2Middle Chinese方—

via Japanese 梅花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese梅花a plum blossom; abbreviation of 梅花の油;...
2Chinese梅花plum blossom; wintersweet; club
Every word from Middle Chinese 方 →Every word from Japanese 方 →