Book  (2005)  Page(s) 147.  
 
Although there are fourteen other rose species native to Japan, the Japanese showed an early preference for imported plants, which were regarded more highly. These they called koshinbara meaning 'roses which flower for sixty days'. It is assumed that they were repeat-flowering pinks and reds from China. Fujiwara Teika (1162-1241) used a similar word when he made the observation in his diary: 'In December in 1213 there are still roses with red petals under the fence.'

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 398.  
 
Rosa chinensis Jacq. subsp. indica Koehne (R. indica L. var. formosana Hayata) (Koshin-bara) (Cultivated) [Kyu...

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 151.  
 
Koshinbara (Choshun) is R. chinensis Jacquin. Also called Gekkika, Choshunka (China). It is a perpetual flower, considered to

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 30.  
 
The kind much prized as bonsai are old bushes of the wild Japanese rose called the koshin-bara. This rose has an attractive shape and its white flowers, though small, are most fragrant. Its red hips are also pretty to look at....

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 389.  
 
Kooshinbara (?) in Japan ? ; pink. (Kooshin = 60, bara = Rose), i.e. repeats every 60 days. Common garden rose in Japan.

Book  (1924)  Page(s) 114.  
 
The most widely distributed of the garden roses is the one called "Kooshinbara" (bara means rose). Perhaps this may be a variety of China rose. The name of "Kooshin" (in the Chinese classics meaning "sixty") must have come from the fact ...

Book  (1910)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Rosa indica L. var. formosana Hay. Kôshun-bara.

Magazine  (1909)  Page(s) 209.  
 
R. sempervirens Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 284. Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 514. Nom. Jap. Kôshinbara.

Book  (1895)  Page(s) 155.  
 
The variety blooming in all seasons is called Koshin-bara. Besides this, there are Kibara, Ukyobara, etc., with single or double and pink, white or yellow flowers. There are still numerous varieties lately introduced

Book  (1893)  Page(s) 119.  
 
...Rosa indica (Koshin-bara)....