From The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "According to Kenji Watanabe (1985), the names 'Chishima Gibōshi' and 'Shirofukurin Chishima Gibōshi' have been incorrectly used for H. 'Bunchoko'."

Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled, A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term shirofukurin or shiro fukurin as white-edge(d) or white-margin(ed).