From a suite: Floral calendar of Japan
Ca. 1970
Unsodo Editor

Nishiki-e

Shin hanga
Kachoe

Beautiful colors, some tiny foxing

THE KIKYO is a celebrated autumn flower, being counted as one of the seven representative autumn flowers under the name of Asagao. As a matter of fact, however, it begins to bloom in summer and comes to its end at the beginning of autumn. Its flower is campanulate and five-serrated. Though it is generally deep purple, yet it is sometimes white, especially when the plant is cultivated.• Of the cultivated kinds, the most well-known are Hina-kikyo, Sawa-kikyo, Iwa-kikyo and Chishima-kikyo. And these cultivated ones, thanks to quick culture, appear on the market about May and June.