Tomitaro Makino

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 eventually attained a Doctor of Science degree, and his birthday is remembered as Botany Day in Japan.

Tomitaro Makino was born in Sakawa, Kōchi to a prestigious sake brewer.

Though he dropped out of school after two years, he cultivated a strong interest in English, geography, and especially botany.

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Makino, OCLC/WorldCat includes roughly 270+ works in 430+ publications in 4 languages and 1,060+ library holdings.