"Chrysanthemum Music" - Kikufu

…From around the 2nd century BC, many vegetables and fruit trees were brought to China from the Western Regions via the Silk Road, and important vegetables and fruit trees were cultivated along with the domestication of plants native to China. Early specialized books dealing with a single flower include Ouyang Xiu's Luoyang Peony Record, Liu Meng's Chrysanthemum Specification, and Li Yan's Detailed Record of Bamboo Specification (1300) from the Song Dynasty. Wang Lu's Flower History Left Chapter (1618) and Chen Fuyao's Secret Flower Mirror (1688), which were comprehensive works on flowers, had a great influence on Japanese gardening books of the Edo period. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中国には前2世紀ころから，シルクロードを通って西域から多くの野菜類，果樹類がもたらされ，中国原産の植物の栽培化とあいまって，重要な野菜類，果樹類が育成された。単一の花卉を扱った初期の専門書には宋代の欧陽修の《洛陽牡丹記》，劉蒙の《菊譜》や李衎の《竹譜詳録》(1300)がある。花卉を集大成した王路の《花史左篇》(1618)や陳扶揺の《秘伝花鏡》(1688)は，江戸時代の日本の園芸書に大きな影響を与えた。…

※「《菊譜》」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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