Book (Practical) Biological sciences and general biology Original Popular Edition of Makino Japanese Plant Encyclopedia

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Biological Science and General Biology
[Introduction to Contents]
This is the original popular edition of 『 Japanese Botanical Drawing Collection 』 (included in "The Complete Works of Botanical History of Pasture") published by Seibundo Shinkosha in 1934 (1934). This book is a complete record of "194 Pictures," the best works of botanical paintings produced by Tomitaro Makino from the age of 26 to 38 using lithograph and copperplate printing.
The "original" contained in this book consists of 『 Nihon Shokubutsu Shi 圖篇 』 (78 pictures), 『 Shinsen Nihon Shokubutsu Zukai 』 (100 pictures), and 『 Dai Nihon Shokubutsu Shi 』 (16 pictures).
『 Nihon Shokusai Shi 圖篇 』 (published by Keigyo-sha) started publishing "Volume 1, Volume 1, Collection" in the form of separate volumes in 1888 (1888, Makino was 26 years old). After that, it was published intensively for four years, and it was discontinued with the publication of "Volume 1, Collection 11" in 1891 (1886, Makino was 29 years old). After that, in 1934 (1934, Makino was 72 years old), the last "Volume 1, Volume 12" was enlarged.
This book contains "78 Illustrations and Explanations", a total of 12 volumes, and includes "Komochimannengusa", "Hanamugura", and "Mujinamo", which are highly regarded as the best works in this book.
『 Shinsen Nihon Shokubutsu Zusetsu 』 (published by Keigyo-sha) started to publish "Volume 1, Volume 1, Collection" in the form of separate volumes in 1899 (1899, Makino was 37 years old). After that, it was published intensively for four years, and it was discontinued in 1903 (1903, when Makino was 41 years old) with "Volume 2, Eighth Collection." "Volume 1" is published as 12 volumes from "Volume 1 to 12" and "Volume 2" is published as 8 volumes from "Volume 1 to 8". This book contains "100 Illustrations and Explanations" which is the sum of "20 volumes".
The botanical paintings included in this book are often described as "the best works of botanical paintings in the field." In particular, there is a comment that "Klagarisida" is "the best work of botanical paintings in the field from the botany's point of view" (Hideaki Ohba : "Memorandum for the Biography of Tomitaro Makino", Emeritus Professor of the University of Tokyo).
『 Dainihon Shokubutsu Shi 』 (Tokyo Imperial University) started the publication of "Volume 1, Collection 1" in the form of separate volumes in 1900 (1900, Makino was 38 years old), and it was published over the next 12 years, and it was discontinued when "Volume 1, Collection 4" was published in 1911 (1911, Makino was 49 years old). This book contains "16 Illustrations and Explanations" contained in "Vol. 1, No. 1 Collection," and includes some of the best maturity masterpieces such as "Yamazakura," "spider lily," and "オホヤマザクラ."
According to the descriptions of Makino's "Autobiography" and other collections of essays, Makino's "work" as a botanist that he was most attached to and confident about in his later years appeared in the botanical paintings and commentaries of 『 Nihon Shokubutsu Shi 圖篇 』, 『 Shinsen Nihon Shokubutsu Zukue 』, and 『 Nihon Shokubutsu Shi 』. He lost his father when he was three years old and his mother when he was five years old, and was brought up by his grandmother. He showed a strong interest in plants from his childhood, dropped out of elementary school when he was two years old, and became devoted to picking plants he liked. When he was 19 years old, he went to Tokyo for the first time to watch an exhibition and buy books and microscopes. When he was 22 years old (1884), he went to Tokyo again and became Imperial University, University of Science (present Faculty of Science, Tokyo University). Students are permitted to enter and leave botany classes and use literature and materials. He published a new species, Theligonum japonicum, in an botany magazine he was involved in launching, and became the first Japanese to give a scientific name to a new species. He has collected 400000 specimens during his 94 years of life, named more than 1500 species of plants including new ones, and is called the "father of Japanese plant taxonomy."