Shirahige Believed Extinct

Itō, Ihei, 1695, Kadan Chikinshō, #76: Pale pink, large size, double, with a few red streaks. Kasuya, Kamegorō,1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; see JCS., 1969, Tsubaki, No.7, p.32; ibid, 1982, No.21, p.108: Faint pink, large size, double, with little red spots. Originated in Japan. Different readings: ‘Shirohige’, ‘Shiraga’. Erroneously described as ‘Shiraga’ in Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki(Believed extinct.)