origin:

Japan, before 1926

PEONIES, The Manual of the American Peony Society, ed. by James Boyd, Copyright 1928 by American Peony Society: Tree Peony Check-list.

Henry & Lee, Japanese Importers, New York, N. Y., 1925.

Kagura-jishi. (originated in Japan, 1926.) offered by Henry & Lee 1926. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)

The Chugai Nursery, Yamamoto, Japan, Catalog 1940-1941: Tree peony, Selected Varieties:

Wister (1961):

'Kagura-jishi' (Sacred Lion Dance) (Jap. bef. 1926)

(Japanese tree peony - Red Flowering group) After full bloom upper parts of petals show fading. Inner petals are asymmetrical (Shiihizaki). Medium size. Midseason. Leaflets long and waved. Vigorous.

Ariga (1993)

KAGURA-JISHI (Tempeltanz des Löwen) Üppige Blüte in Dunkelkarminrot. Am Anfang ist die Blüte karminrot, dann wird sie immer dunkler. Mittelgroße Blüte in tausend- und zehntausendfacher Blüte. Hauptblütezeit.

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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