Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside.
Many hostas in Japan have been given the
simple name 'Urajiro' which would indicate that
the plant has a whitish color on the bottom
of the
foliage. There are at least 5 such plants
with that name, all from different species
including: