Idaten Believed Extinct

Mizuno, 1681, Kadan Komoku: Large single, sake cup form. Petal tips do not reflex. Round and white with a cylindrical stamen cluster. Very early blooms. What appears to be the same cultivar is listed by Itō, Ihei, 1695, Kadan Chikinshō; Itō Jukyū, 1739, Honzō Hanamaki'e, vol.306; Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; Yashiro, 1841, Kokon Yōrankō. All descriptions are similar. See JCS., 1965, Tsubaki, No.5, p.29 & 1983, No.22, p.130. Different reading: ‘Edaten’. See JCS., 1967, Tsubaki, No.7, p.21,106. Orginated in Japan. Note: Idaten is the Buddhist deity who controls Buddhist law and runs very fast. An allusion to the very early blooming of this variety.(Believed extinct.)

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.31. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.21. 江戸產. [花]白、一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、葯不稔、中輪、10～3月。[葉]長楕円、中～大形。[樹]立性。[来歴]1739年の［本草花蒔絵」に名が載るが、キキョウの如く壷咲きとあり、本種とは異種、近年になって本種をあてた。写/野ロ、文/編集委員会