Seishi (hybrid)

Nagoya Camellia Society Bulletin, 1992, No.25, p.17, colour plate No.59, p.6: Originated by Kōji Funakoshi, Nagoya, Japan. A seedling of C.japonica Shigi-tatsusawa x ‘T.D. Wipper’ (Dave’s Weeper). Small size, 6-7 cm across. Single pink flower of 6-7 petals. Intense fragrance. Seishi was the name of a peerless beauty from Go in the Shunjū era. Fusa, Lord of Go, bewitched by her beauty, endangered his dynasty. She was of Chinese and Persian parentage and it is said that she had a body fragrance like Rosa rugosa.