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Following this he [Tanaka Shinzaemon] started to issue new varieties towards the end of the Meiji era, and until his death in 1936 he had bred hundreds of peonies, which brought him the nickname "Old Man of Peonies". Representative sorts are 'Godaizu', 'Tamadare', 'Hira no Yuki', 'Hõgoshi' and 'Tsukumushishi', which are still cultivated nowadays.