Musha-gaeshi

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.264, colour photo and description: Large size, faint pink ground with pink patches and red streaks and peppering, flat, higo-like single with 5-6 broad, rounded, overlapping, reflexed petals, some margins fluted and a widespread stamen cluster. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves deep green, ovate. Originated in the Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan by Tsugio Ōta in 1980.. Note: Musha-gaeshi is a steep outward curve of castle walls to prevent invaders from climbing up.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.264..　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.257.     日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.253. 熊本產. [花]淡桃色地に紅色の吹き掛け絞り、一重、平開咲き、花糸淡黄色、梅芯、大輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]肥後ツバキの自然実生、1980年代に太田次雄選抜、肥後つばき協会非認定品種。写.文/桐野