Ichifusa

Latest Illustrated Book of Japanese Camellias, (Camellias of Japan), 2010, p.247 with colour photo; Medium size flat single, with slender, ribbon-like, white stripes on red ground. Filaments pale pink, ume-jin (apricot) type. Flowers mid-season. Leaves broad-ovate, medium size, dark green. Upright, vigorous growth. A sport of Yamato-nishiki (Higo), selected and registered by Tomoya Nishimura in 1999. From Kumamoto, Japan.

日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.247. 熊本產. [花]白地に紅色の細い縦稿、一重、平開咲き、花糸淡桃色梅芯、中輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円形、中形、暗緑色。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]日本錦の枝変り、西村友弥選抜、1999年に登録。写/高橋、文/松本