Genji-karako

Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki: in section of anemone forms. Itō, Ko’emon, Chinkashū; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.369, p.188, description, p.199; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, 1972, p.164, pl.388 and p.349; also Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.50, colour photo, p.212, description: Leaves small, oblong to elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, obscurely crenate on margin. Flowers double with large, irregular petaloids in the centre, anemone form, rosy pink to pink margined white, occasionally self rose (Spinel red 0023/1). Late flowering. Originated in Kantō District, Japan. Orthographic errors: ‘Genji-karoko’, ‘Genij-Karako’.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.349.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.216.　 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.111.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.86. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.166. 江戸產. [花]淡紅色地に白覆輪、唐子咲き、外弁は重ねの薄い八重、幅広い弁、中輪、4～5月。[葉] 長楕円、中形、肉厚。[樹]横張り性、弱い。[来歴]1859年の「椿伊呂波名寄色附」や1879年の伊藤「椿花集」に載る。写/桐野、文/編集委員会