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Tomitaro Makino
was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany".〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Makino Tomitarō" in .〕 He was one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Linnaeus. His research resulted in documenting 50,000 specimens, many of which are represented in his ''Makino's Illustrated Flora of Japan''. Despite having dropped out of grammar school, he would eventually attain a Doctor of Science degree, and his birthday is remembered as ''Botany Day'' in Japan.
==Early life==
Tomitaro Makino was born in Sakawa, Kōchi to a prestigious sake brewer. His parents died during his early childhood, and he was raised mainly by his grandmother. Though he dropped out of school after two years, he cultivated a strong interest in English, geography, and especially in botany. In 1880, he became a teacher at the primary school in his hometown, where he published his first academic botanical paper.
In 1884, he moved to Tokyo to pursue his botanical interests at the University of Tokyo where he worked with Ryokichi Yatabe. He married in 1890 and would later have 13 children.
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