Blossom scene draws on a Meiji-era bird craze

Blossom features a conflict over a lost canary.

Seiji becomes furious with his wife after she lets the bird escape.

The story connects the scene to a bird craze in Japan during the Meiji era.

The Meiji era is the historical period named in that connection.

This background places the characters’ argument within a wider interest in birds at the time.

The scene is framed by that historical context.