Tennin-matsushima

Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsub­aki Irohanayose Irotsuki, in the section ‘single flowers’: White with red stripes, large size. Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū: Single, white, streaked with dark pink, large size. Minagawa Nursery List, 1955; Satomi, 1956, Camellia Varieties of Japan, p.13 as ‘Ten’nin-matsushima’: Single white, streaked red. Vigorous, spreading growth. Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.339, p.172, description, p.191: Leaves among the smaller ones, elliptic to oblong, acuate at the apex, minutely serrulate at the margin, petiole glabrous. Flowers single, pale pink (Crimson 21/3), veined deeper pink and striped with rose (Crimson 21/1), petals 6-8, horizontally spreading at the apex. Late flowering. For other colour illustations and descriptions see: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pls.127, 128 & p.310. Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.179; Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.94 as ‘Tenninmatsushima’. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.102, 233. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka p.269. These colour plates show that this cultivar can vary from almost white through to pink with an obscure white bor­der. Originated in Kantō area, Japan. Resembles Aki-no-yama, Washi-no-yama and Shiratama-shibori. See: JCS., 1969, Tsubaki, No.7, p.36. Note: “Tennin” is the name of the celestial maiden from Matsushima.

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