“Kōkyo Higashi Gyoen Plants Illustrated Handbook” Kikuyo Bunka Kyokai / Fumihiro Chika Price: ¥2,750 #KikuyoBunkaKyokai #FumihiroChika #Book #BOOK #Hobby #Sports #Practical #Plants #Vegetation #Ferns #Trees #IllustratedHandbook #ImperialPalace #Emperor The Imperial Palace East Garden is rich in nature. Professor Fumihiro Chika, a leading researcher of Imperial Palace plants, uses photos and easy-to-understand explanations to convey the joy of plant observation, featuring 402 species of trees, grasses, and ferns in the East Garden. Table of Contents 1. About this Illustrated Handbook 2. About Plants Trees Section Grasses Section Ferns Section Fumihiro Chika [Fumihiro Konda] Born in Niigata Prefecture in 1941. Graduated from the Faculty of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, and completed the Master's program in Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. After serving as a professor at Shizuoka University and the head of the First Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, he is currently an honorary researcher at the same museum. Doctor of Science. His specialty is plant taxonomy, mainly the systematic classification of seed plants and the study of flora. He has conducted plant surveys in China and Southeast Asia, as well as plant surveys in the Imperial Palace Fukiage Gyoen and East Garden in Japan, and also conducts environmental research such as the protection of coastal forests (This data was published at the time this book was published). There are no writings, cuttings, or stains, and the binding is solid. Moreover, it is a valuable first edition.