"Flower Bed and Garden"

Japanese: 《花壇地錦抄》 - かだんちきんしょう

…Mizuno Motokatsu's Kadan Komoku (Flower Bed Guide) (1681) covers over 180 flowers. This was followed by Kaibara Ekiken's Kafu (Flower Collection) (1698) and Ito Sannojo (Ihei)'s Kadan Chikinsho (Flower Bed and Garden) (1695), and over 70 gardening books were written throughout the Edo period. Beginning with Anrakuan Sakuden's Hyakutsubakishu (Collection of One Hundred Camellias) (1630), specialized books on flowers such as azaleas, chrysanthemums, cherry blossoms, peonies, plums, morning glories, irises, and dianthus were published, and many varieties were created for their leaves, such as maples, tricolor apples, celery, pine orchids, and Dendrobiums. …

From [Shrimp]

…It is more cold-resistant than the Chinese chikuwa, and in southwestern Japan it can survive winter even when planted outdoors, sometimes growing large plants. Both varieties have been cultivated for ornamental purposes since ancient times, and an article about them can be found in the Kadanchikinsho (1695) in Japan. They were cultivated in the days before greenhouses were invented, and are strong-willed. …

From [Dried Flowers]

... Although the Japanese holly and rhododendron (broad-leaved kanzashi) were introduced to Japan after the Meiji period, they were mostly cultivated for flower beds, not as dried flowers. On the other hand, the Kadan Jinkinsho (1695) states that the Globetrotter's ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kadan Chikinsho" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…水野元勝の《花壇綱目》(1681)は180あまりの花を取りあげる。以降，貝原益軒の《花譜》(1698)，伊藤三之丞(伊兵衛)の《花壇地錦抄》(1695)と続き，江戸時代を通じ70におよぶ園芸書が書かれる。安楽庵策伝の《百椿集》(1630)をはじめ，ツツジ，キク，サクラ，ボタン，ウメ，アサガオ，ハナショウブ，ナデシコなど花の専門書が出版され，さらにモミジ，カラタチバナ，オモト，マツバラン，セッコクなど葉を観賞の対象とした多数の品種を成立させた。…

【シュロチク】より

…カンノンチクよりも寒さに強く，西南日本では露地植えでも越冬でき，ときには大株を見る。　どちらの種類も日本では《花壇地錦抄》(1695)に記事がみられるほどで，古い時代から観賞用に栽培されている。温室のなかった時代からつくられており，性質は強い。…

【ドライフラワー】より

…　日本にも，カイザイク，ローダンセ(ヒロハハナカンザシ)などは明治以降に渡来していたが，ドライフラワーとしてではなく多くは花壇用として栽培されていた。一方，《花壇地錦抄》(1695)にセンニチコウは〈十月の此花を茎とともに切って，かげぼしにして冬立花の草とめ，なげ入れ等に用いる。花の色かわらずして重宝なる物〉とあり，日本でのドライフラワーの最初の記録とされる。…

※「《花壇地錦抄》」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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