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Biography

Miyoshi was born in 1861 in the village of Iwamura, now part of modern-day Ena. He was born in a

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family from the former province of Mino. A graduate of the

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in 1889, he continued his scientific training at the

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under the direction of German botanist Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer. In 1895, he earned his

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degree and returned to Japan as Professor of Botany at the University of Tokyo. He entered the Imperial Academy of Japan in 1920. Throughout his academic career, he studied the genera ''

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'' and '' Iris''. At the beginning of 20th century, he promoted the idea of ‘natural monuments’ for preservation, a concept he brought back with him from his period of study in Germany..

Awards

*1917:

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, 2nd class.

Selected publications

* 15 sets. * 4 vols., each 8 3/4" X 17 3/16" with a total of 100 full page color woodblock prints of Japanese irises, along with 5 pages of color samples. In addition, there is a 40pp. letterpress text volume (6 1/4" X 8 7/8"). Printed by color woodblock. Published in a clasped chitsu case. Produced in Kyoto with Japanese bookbinding (YAMATO TONI) and published on 15 Oct 1921. * 2 vols., with a total of 100 full page color woodblock prints. Woodblock carving by Yuji Otsuka. Printing by Sanjiro Matsui using color woodblock printer. Published in a clasped chitsu case. Printed in Tokyo 10 May 1921, produced with Japanese bookbinding (YAMATO TONI), and published on 15 May 1921. 100 were printed initially and sold out. Maruzen sold them outside Japan. A second printing of 100 were lost in the Great Kanto Earthquake, as were the wood blocks and the offices of Unsôdô in Tokyo. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyoshi, Manabu 20th-century Japanese botanists Botanists active in Japan 1861 births 1939 deaths People from Gifu Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni Leipzig University alumni Academic staff of the University of Tokyo Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class 21st-century Japanese botanists