Investigations of Minakata Kumagusu Archives

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* The records of our investigation workings on the Kumagusu archives housed in the former residence of Kumagusu (Minakata Kumagusu Residence Commemoration Foundation, Tanabe) as well as on relating items possessed by other parties are presented here.

About our investigation workings: please refer to the introduction.

Working Records: Kumagusu's Former Residence

Listed below are the reports of our investigation workings on the items housed in the former residence of Minakata Kumagusu. These reports were originally published on our organ 'Minakata Tsushin' Correspondence since 1996. Reports until March 2000 are substantially the records of the after-research meetings which used to be held for Ms Minakata Fumie (1911-2000), the philosopher's daughter, when she was alive. After the death of Ms Minakata in June 2000, the residence was bequeathed to Minakata Kumagusu Residence Commemoration Foundation, and our efforts of cataloguing the items housed in the residence (materials and book collections) are continued as a project of the Foundation.

* As an outcome of this serial investigation, "A Book Catalogue of Minakata Kumagusu Library" has been published in August 2004. Materials other than books, not included in this "Book Catalogue", will be documented in the "Catalogue of Minakata Kumagusu Archives" which is to be published shortly.

** The records of the investigations on items formerly owned by the philosopher and now housed in the Minakata Kumagusu Memorial Hall (Shirahama, Wakayama) are also presentend in a separate page.

All reports are presented in Japanese.

Until Spring 2000

The 13th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1996. 3.29- 4. 2)

The 14th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1996. 7.27- 7.31)

The 15th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1997. 4. 1- 4. 5)

* On the botanical and entomological specimens of Minakata Kumagusu (1997.4)

The 16th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1997. 7.31- 8. 4)

The 17th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1998. 3.28- 4. 1)

The 18th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1998. 7.30- 8. 3)

* Intermission: Research crew at the Toganoki tea house (1998. 8. 1)

The 19th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1999. 3.26- 3.30)

The 20th investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (1999. 7.27- 7.30)

* A report on workshop (1999. 7)

The 21st investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2000. 3.20- 3.24)

Since Summer 2000

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2000. 9-2001. 2)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2001. 3.27- 3.31)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2001. 7.30- 8. 3)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2001. 9. 3- 7, 11.2-5)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2002. 2.18-21)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2002. 3.25-31)
also: small team investigation (2002. 6. 4-7)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2002. 7.31-8. 4)
also: small team investigations (five times from Summer 2002 to Winter 2003)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence (2003. 3.24-28)
also: small team investigations (three times in April - June 2003)

* Could anyone tell us what this is? - An uncertain item in the Kumagusu residence (2003. 3.28)

The investigation working in Kumagusu's Residence
small team investigations (four times in July and August 2003)

* Kumagusu's Specimens of American higher plants (2003. 7.24)

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Scenes from Minakata Residence Investigation

Photographs of the Kumagusu materials in the residence, research crew in the residence, and the views of the residence in four seasons are presentend in a separate page. <p> [New photos: 2005. 2. 7]

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Research crew in Minakata residence (2002. 8. 2)


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