"Igansai Sakura-hin" - Igansai Ouhin

…Although double-flowered cherry trees, which had been cultivated since the Nara period, were known, it was only in the Edo period that cherry tree varieties were recorded in a comprehensive manner, with 40 varieties listed in Mizuno Motokatsu's Kadan Komoku (1681). Since then, many illustrated books of cherry trees have been published, including Matsuoka Gentatsu's Igansai Ohin (1758) which lists 69 varieties, and five volumes (1803-04) of Kafu, Zoku Kafu Vol. 1 and 2, Mata Zoku Kafu, and Kafu Supplementary, drawn by Sakurai Sessen and compiled by Ichihashi Chosho, which contain 252 illustrations. Oi Jisaburo's Nihon Zakura Shu (Collection of Japanese Cherry Trees) and Ota Yoai's illustrations (1973) contains 154 illustrations. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Igansai Sakurahin" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古く奈良時代から栽培化された八重咲きのサクラが知られていたが，サクラの品種がまとまって記録されるようになったのは江戸時代からで，水野元勝の《花壇綱目》(1681)に40品種のサクラがのっている。その後，多くのサクラ図譜が出ているが，松岡玄達の《怡顔斎桜品（いがんさいおうひん）》(1758)には69品種，桜井雪鮮描画，市橋長昭撰の《花譜》，《続花譜》上と下，《又続花譜》，《花譜追加》の5冊(1803‐04)には252図が出ている。大井次三郎著，太田洋愛画の《日本桜集》(1973)には154図がのっている。…

※「《怡顔斎桜品》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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