Kumagusu Minakata: An Informant-savant 100 Years Ahead of his Time
Kumagusu Minakata: An Informant-savant 100 Years Ahead of his Time
at National Museum of Nature and Science
Media: Graphics - Drawing - Sculpture - Talks
(2017-12-19 - 2018-03-04)
The late Kumagusu Minakata has long been known as a researcher who explored natural phenomena, but in recent years the vast body of work that he left behind has been re-evaluated and his role reconsidered as that of an information provider. In this exhibition, you can take a trip inside the mind of Minakata by looking at key exhibits pertaining to his work, such as diaries, letters, illustrated texts, and diagrams of fungi. This show is complemented by the simultaneously held exhibition “Lichen - A Fungi and Algae Composite.” Venue: Special Exhibitions Space, 1F Japan Building, National Museum of Nature and Science [Related Events] Gallery Talk: “Kumagusu Minakata, Our Contemporary” Date: Jan. 26 (Fri), 18:00-18:30 Venue: Special Exhibitions Space, 1F Japan Building Speaker: Yoshiya Tamura (Academic Trustee of Kumagusu Minakata Archives) Gallery Talk: “Mysteries of the Life and Illustrated Works of Kumagusu Minakata” Date: Feb. 23 (Fri), 18:00-18:30 Venue: Special Exhibitions Space, 1F Japan Building Speaker: Tsuyoshi Hosoya (Chair of the National Museum of Nature and Science Department of Biology Division of Fungi and Algae Research Group) *No booking required. *Events in Japanese. *Please see the official website for further details.
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Kumagusu Minakata: An Informant-savant 100 Years Ahead of his Time
at National Museum of Nature and Science
Media: Graphics - Drawing - Sculpture - Talks
(2017-12-19 - 2018-03-04)
The late Kumagusu Minakata has long been known as a researcher who explored natural phenomena, but in recent years the vast body of work that he left behind has been re-evaluated and his role reconsidered as that of an information provider. In this exhibition, you can take a trip inside the mind of Minakata by looking at key exhibits pertaining to his work, such as diaries, letters, illustrated texts, and diagrams of fungi. This show is complemented by the simultaneously held exhibition “Lichen - A Fungi and Algae Composite.” Venue: Special Exhibitions Space, 1F Japan Building, National Museum of Nature and Science [Related Events] Gallery Talk: “Kumagusu Minakata, Our Contemporary” Date: Jan. 26 (Fri), 18:00-18:30 Venue: Special Exhibitions Space, 1F Japan Building Speaker: Yoshiya Tamura (Academic Trustee of Kumagusu Minakata Archives) Gallery Talk: “Mysteries of the Life and Illustrated Works of Kumagusu Minakata” Date: Feb. 23 (Fri), 18:00-18:30 Venue: Special Exhibitions Space, 1F Japan Building Speaker: Tsuyoshi Hosoya (Chair of the National Museum of Nature and Science Department of Biology Division of Fungi and Algae Research Group) *No booking required. *Events in Japanese. *Please see the official website for further details.
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