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The Flowers of Ogai Mori’s Garden, and Tomitaro Makino’s Illustrated Flora
Mori Ogai Memorial Museum
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Ogai Mori, Tomitaro Makino
The original manuscript for Ogai Mori’s work entitled “Hanagoyomi (Flower Calendar)” is held at the Mori Ogai Memorial Museum. In this text, Mori notes the flowering of various plants from February through to September. Although it is not known when the work was written, it is assumed that he penned it in the late 1890s based on observations of the garden in his own residence. Mori’s enthusiasm for flowers and gardening is evident in his diary entries and children’s essays. His work covers more than 500 types of flowers, an extraordinary number for someone who was not a professional plant specialist. Some of the flowers written about faithfully convey a sense of the seasons, while others seem to express more the nature of the author’s thoughts.
This exhibition will introduce plants that were blooming in Mori’s garden as well as flowers that appeared in “Hanagoyomi (Flower Calendar)” together with those featured in the work of Tomitaro Makino, a botanist born in 1862, the same year as Mori. Makino, who recorded the appearance of the flora through precise illustrations, appears in the diaries of Mori, as does Mori in Makino’s.
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Gallery Talk
A curator will deliver the talk within the gallery space.
Event Dates: Apr. 19, May 10, 24, Jun. 7, 21 14:00- (duration approx. 30 mins)
Admission: Free (with exhibition admission ticket, no booking required)
*Event in Japanese.
This exhibition will introduce plants that were blooming in Mori’s garden as well as flowers that appeared in “Hanagoyomi (Flower Calendar)” together with those featured in the work of Tomitaro Makino, a botanist born in 1862, the same year as Mori. Makino, who recorded the appearance of the flora through precise illustrations, appears in the diaries of Mori, as does Mori in Makino’s.
[Related Events]
Gallery Talk
A curator will deliver the talk within the gallery space.
Event Dates: Apr. 19, May 10, 24, Jun. 7, 21 14:00- (duration approx. 30 mins)
Admission: Free (with exhibition admission ticket, no booking required)
*Event in Japanese.
Schedule | Apr 8 (Sat) 2017-Jul 2 (Sun) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults: ¥500, High School Students & Under: Free | ||||
| Venue | Mori Ogai Memorial Museum http://moriogai-kinenkan.jp/  | ||||
| Location | 1-23-4 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 1 at Sendagi Station on the Chiyoda line, 10 minute walk from exit 1 at Hon-komagome Station on the Namboku lIne, 12 minute walk from exit A3 at Hakusan Station on the Toei Mita line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3824-5511 | ||||
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