Help with peculiar myoga

[FlorianB]

We know that myoga are a frequently found on tsuba.
But on one of mine there’s a peculiar daki-myoga to be seen and in vain I tried to research similar ones for comparison.

 

 

At the top there’s an appendage (probably blossoms).

It seems not to be a kamon because I haven't found it in the usual compilations.
Any suggestions?

 

Thanks, Florian

[Spartancrest]

   https://www.metmuseu...lection/search/26589

[Matsunoki]

Is this myoga (ginger?) or wasabi. The root section looks like wasabi. Or are they the same thing?

[Spartancrest]

9 minutes ago, Matsunoki said:

wasabi.

I think the image of Florian's is Myoga the flower buds are zig-zag up the stalk not side by side like the image on the link.

 

[FlorianB]

Thanks for this example. So it seems indeed an unusual design.

Interestingly the Met Tsuba is in the Kyo Sukashi style like mine, too. So I dare the assumption that this type of myoga is specific to Kyo Tsuba.
But the reason for this remains hidden.

 

I want to clarify that the usually depicted Myoga (zingiber mioga) are the edible buds of this plant growing out of the rhizome. The blossom itself (on the left picture in between the stems) is shaped somewhat like an orchid.
So I became confused, why there are those peculiar appendages.

  

 

Florian