Mado-no-tsuki (Aichi)

Usami, Na’ohachi, ca.1910, Nagoya Chinzu’e. See Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1967, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.6, p.127 as a synonym for Iori-no-tsuki and Rōgetsu. Minagawa, 1933, Chinkashū. See following colour photos: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.51. Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.14, p.7. Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.58. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, 1972, vol.I, pl.85. Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.33: Leaves broadly oblong, base rounded, cuspidately acute apex, side veins raised. Flowers widely cup-shaped; petals 5-7, laxly undulate and wrinkled. Stamen cylinder, large and simple with big, yellow anthers and style protruding above. Originated in the Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Very similar to, or synonym for, Kamo-honnami and Manazuru (Chūbu).

文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P216. 中部產. [花]白色、一重、筒～椀咲き、筒芯、大輪、1～4月。[葉]角張った広楕円形、濃緑色、葉縁外曲　[樹]立性、極めて丈夫。[来歴]別名：加茂本阿弥（関西）、　文/早川