"Flower" - Kafu

Japanese: 《花譜》 - かふ

…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 [Sakura (cherry blossom)]

…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 used in reference to "Kafu" 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。…

【サクラ(桜)】より

…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。…

※「《花譜》」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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