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Minakata usually woke at 11 am and worked at home from sometime in the afternoon till 5 o ’ clock next morning sorting specimens, drawing pictures, conducting research, reading and writing.
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Minakata ’ s thirst for knowledge was growing bigger as he at home recited the Chinese classics and transcribed the books that he had learned by heart at a collector ’ s place.
Douglas, who was impressed with his extensive knowledge, offered Minakata a job at the British Museum, but he declined the offer in light of freedom.
Minakata put it in his diary how they hit it off straight away on first acquaintance at the Douglas ’ s office in the British Museum in March 1897 and quickly developed a friendship through visiting each other and talking till late almost every day.
In September 1900, Minakata got on board the Awa Maru at the Thames and went home.
Minakata found temporary shelter at his brother's in Wakayama.
In October 1901 Minakata left Wakayama by boat for Katsu ’ ura, where he lived at the branch of Minakata Sake Distillery, run by brother Tsunegusu, until October 1904.
In July 1906 at 40 Minakata married Matsue, 28, the fourth daughter of Munezo Tamura, chief priest of the Tokei Shrine.
The ecological relation between nature and human beings, which Minakata looked at through the studies of biology, folklore, ethnology and religion, is something to keep in mind.
Minakata and home
Minakata met bright Japanese students in Ann Arbor, home of the state university.
On top of the contributions he had made to British journals and magazines since coming home, Minakata started writing for journals and newspapers in Japan.
After going home to recuperate, Minakata shut the gate against all visitors.
Minakata and from
Minakata was also an epileptic, suffering from grand mal seizures.
When he heard from William W. Calkins, a retired American colonel and a collector of lichen, that many undiscovered plants were in Florida, Minakata was ready to go.
In London, Minakata visited Yoshikusu Nakai, branch manager of the Yokohama Shokin Bank, an old friend of the Minakata family from Wakayama.
Thereafter, Minakata visited the museum often to ask advice from Franks.
A collection of 52 thick notebooks from this period called London Extracts is kept in the Minakata residence and the Minakata Kumagusu Museum.
Many famous figures from Japan visited Minakata in London.
Although highly regarded by some scholars, Minakata sometimes experienced discrimination because of his ethnicity, the cause for his frequent reckless behaviors leading up to the departure from the British Museum in December 1898.
Their friendship survived for a while ; Sun sent specimens of lichen from Hawaii and Minakata wrote back, but ultimately they drifted apart and never met again.
In February 1911, when The Mountain God Loves Stonefish was published in the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Tokyo, Minakata received a letter from Yanagita.
Having learned this interest, Shiro Koaze approached Minakata and his friends from Tokyo University.
Young Minakata leaped out into the wider world when Japan was going through a metamorphosis from a feudal state into a westernized modern country.
Minakata and till
At first sight of his baby boy Minakata wrote: “ Stayed awake till dawn watching my baby ” and expressed the joy of becoming father.
Minakata and ’
More than 60 years after his death, Minakata ’ s achievements and life history has been made clear by a number of books and papers including The Complete Works of Minakata Kumagusu and The Diary of Minakata Kumagusu, and the research is still ongoing.
Ultimately, Minakata ’ s efforts saved a couple of forests, but a number of shrines and forests had become extinct during the decade.
Minakata and specimens
He also was astounded Minakata had come back with tons of books and specimens but no degree.
In the fall of 1905 Minakata donated 46 specimens of slime molds to the British Museum.
In August 1910 Minakata was arrested for trespassing when he threw a bag of specimens into a meeting held in Tanabe Junior High School ( now Tanabe High ).
After taking the Emperor for a walk in the woods on the island, Minakata, while showing specimens, gave a 25-minute lecture, on board the royal ship Nagato, on slime molds and marine life to His Majesty.
* The Minakata Kumagusu Museum houses much of scientist Minakata Kumagusu's books, specimens, and memorabilia.
Minakata and research
Koaze, as a disciple, was going to help Minakata with research on slime molds all his life.
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Minakata was born in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
The headmaster of Kyōritsu, Takahashi Korekiyo, encouraged Minakata in his botanical studies, and stimulated his interest in the English language.
The following year, Minakata passed the entrance exam to Tokyo University Preparatory School ( Tokyo Daigaku Yobimon ), counting among his classmates the novelist Natsume Sōseki.
At the end of 1886, Minakata set off to study in the United States.
In addition to his studies in slime moulds, Minakata was intensely interested in folklore, religion and natural history.
Minakata Kumagusu, world-renowned Japanese naturalist, came back to Japan in 1900 after 14 years of unique study experience abroad mainly in the U. S. and England.
Minakata devoted his entire life to studies of natural history and folklore, and contributed a number of articles to the British science magazine Nature and the British folklore magazine Notes and Queries.
He was worshipped as " a great scholar with no degree " and loved by the locals who called him Minakata Sensei ( the teacher ) or Minakata-san ( Mr. Minakata ), while branded by some as an oddball.
Minakata Kumagusu was born in the castle city of Wakayama on April 15, 1867, the second son to a hardware dealer Yahei Minakata, 39, and wife Sumi, 30, and was raised with three brothers and two sisters.
To develop his talent, Yahei, a self-made man, sent Minakata to the newly opened Wakayama Middle School ( now Toin High ), which was unconventional for a merchant family those days.
Again Minakata was not interested in school and spent more time outside the university transcribing books in libraries, visiting zoos and botanic gardens, and collecting artifacts, animals, plants and minerals.
At the news that Miles J. Berkeley, a world-famous British cryptogamist, and American botanist Moses A. Curtis had collected 6, 000 species of fungi including slime molds, Minakata decided to produce an illustrated book that would cover more.
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