Karajishi

Itō, Jukyū, 1739, Honzō Hanamaki’e, vol.15; Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki: Large, deep, rose red, peony with thick petals. See the following colour plates: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.116; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.169, p.92; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.38, description, p.208: Large, 12 cm across, deep rose-pink, peony form with 2-3 rows of large, emarginate, guard petals, totalling 20-15, the centre consishng of a mixture of fascicles of stamens among small, erect, folded petals. Leaves broad-ovate, mid-green, apex blunt acute, margins sharply serrate, venation impressed. Originated in the Kantō District, Japan. Resembles Benibotan. Different reading: ‘Kara-jishi’, ‘Kara-shishi’. Iwasaki, 1829, Honzō Zufu lists the name as a synonym for ‘Chiba-kō’.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.316.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著　ｐ.214.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.65. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.123. 江戸產. [花]紅色、獅子～牡丹咲き、波曲、大輪、12～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]やや横張り性。[来歴]1739年の「本草花蒔絵」等に載る、紅牡丹に似るがより腰高に咲く。写/桐野、文/編集委員会