[Iida City Museum Special Exhibition] Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of Tanaka Yoshio's Death: "Iida" Close to Yoshio (Minami Shinshu Newspaper)
An article exploring Tanaka Yoshio's connections to Iida through the family of Yatabe Ryokichi's wife, Jun, in relation to a museum exhibition.Summary
This article explores the unexpected connections between the botanist Tanaka Yoshio and Iida, inspired by models of characters in the NHK drama "Ranman." Yatabe Ryokichi's second wife, Jun Yanagita, was the eldest daughter of a former Iida domain samurai and was likely born and raised in Iida. Her younger sister's adopted husband was Yanagita Kunio, known as the father of Japanese folklore, suggesting an indirect link between Tanaka and the Yanagita family. Additionally, a portion of Tanaka's 1869 diary, transcribed by ABE Daichi, reveals an encounter with Ota Ryozui, who was born into a family of Iida domain doctors and contributed to medical modernization. Although Tanaka reportedly returned to Iida only three times after going to Tokyo in 1861, curator KONDO Daichi notes that connections to Iida can be seen around his sphere of activities.
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