origin:

Japan, probably The Chugai Nursery before 1940

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

(Japanese tree peony - Red Flowering group) Red, lighter colour than Jitsugetsu-nishiki. Outer 2-3 petals rimmed creamy-white. Medium size. Midseason. Purplish vertical line on leafstalks.

(1961):

'Shokko-nishiki' (Shokko-no-nishiki) (Shokko Brocade) (Chinese Brocade)