Hon'inbō (Sakuden) Believed Extinct

Sakuden, 1630, Hyakuchin­shū: Large size, pale pink, formal double. Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969, pl.2 as ‘Honin-bō’: Irregular, complete double, more or less imbricated with petals crimson at the cen­tre washing out to soft pink at outer edge. Originated in Japan. Synonym: ‘Honinbō-tsubaki’. Listed also by Yashiro, 1841, Kokon Yōrankō, vol.310 and Hamamatsu, 1825, Setsuyō Kikan with the characters for ‘Hon’inbo’ translating to “Principal Priest’s Residence”.(Believed extinct.)