origination:
Japan
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.
Esu-gata. (originated in Japan, 1926.) offered by Henry & Lee 1926. (Never widely distributed.)
color:
Magenta
meaning of the name:
Graceful Portrait
Wister (1961):
'Esu-gata' (Graceful Portrait)
