Sekido-tarō'an

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Id：ICR-17233

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1975

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Sekido-tarō'an'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

Chinese Name：

Japanese Name：関戸太郎庵せきどたろうあん

Meaning：Sekido's Tarōan

Synonym：

Sekido-no-tarō'an Different reading for Sekido-tarō’an.

Tarō'an (Sekido) Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979 Senchinshū, p.91, colour photo, p.228: A small, silvery pink, tubular single of 5 petals with frill shaped margins and a large, creamy, central stamen cluster. Originated in the garden of a wealthy merchant of the Sediko family from where a plant was sent to the Jōmanji Temple, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu area, Japan. Synonym for Sekido-Tarō’an. Other synonyms: ‘Sekido-no-tarō-an’, ‘Usujōmanji’. See: Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, pp.106, 107.

Usujōmanji Yokoyama, 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan, p.73. Synonym for Sekido-tarō’an.

Description

» English Description

Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.19; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1976, Garden Life, p.40, as ‘Tarō’an’(Sediko): Small, bright, silvery pink, tubular single of 6 petals, with a cylinder of stamens with yellow anthers and cream filaments, joined for the lower third of their length. Leaves glossy, dark green, ovate to broad-ovate, apex acuminate, margins serrulate, venation somewhat raised. Originated in Chūbu area, Japan in the garden of a merchant of the Sekido family. The cultivar was then grown in the Jōmanji Temple, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. For colour photos see: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.309; Katei Gahō, 1984, Chabana Koyomi, vol.1, Tsubaki, p.51. Synonyms: ‘Tarō’an’(Sekido), ‘Usujōmanji’. Tarō’an was a famous votary of Chabana, the tea ceremony. Different reading: ‘Sekido-notarō’an’.

» Japanese Description

文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.73　　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.106. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.145. 【花】桃色の一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、中輪、11〜4月。【葉】卵状楕円、中形。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】江戸中期の茶人- 高田太郎庵遺愛の名椿といわれ、尾張の豪商•関戸家を経て現在犬山市の常満寺に古木がある。写/佐藤、文/桐野。

Flower

Flower Form：Single / Standard

Flower Colour：Single color Flower / Pink

Flower Size： 8-10 cm

Blooming Season： Japan

Flower Fragrance：

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