Kasuri-koshimino Believed Extinct

Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969, pl.138: White, medium to large size, open peony form with some narrow streaks of crimson. The centre consists of some irregular, erect, narrow petals mixed with fascicles of stamens. Originated in Japan. (Believed extinct.) Different reading: ‘Tobi’iri-koshimino’. “Kasuri” is a patch of colour and “Koshimino” a farmer’s hip-length straw raincoat.