Amagashita (Kansai)

Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.138, p.238; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.98, p.305: Red variegated white flower, medium single with large cup-shaped, rounded petals notched at the apex. Blooms mid-season. Leaves oval, small, hirsute; tree side spreading to umbrella shape. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.13, colour photo, p.199, description. This is a different cultivar to the old Itō variety. Resembles Shokkō, Norikoboshi and Reikanji-maizuru. Different readings: ‘Amegashita’, ‘Ame-no-shita’, ‘Ame-no-moto’, ‘Ama Ga Shita’, ‘Ame-ga-shita’. Originated in Kansai District, Japan.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.305.　 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.66.　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.239.　日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.139. 関西產. [花]濃紅色地に白斑が入る、一重、ラッパ～平開咲き、筒しべ、中～大輪、2～4月。[葉]広楕円、中形、[樹]横張り性、強い。[来歴]1681年の「花壇綱目」に天ｹ下として記載のある古典品種。写/高野、文/山口三