The system of nature in Edo-Period according to Siebold's specimens collected by Burger

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Siebold visited Japan in the late Edo period and stayed for seven years. Siebold collected an enormous amount of natural specimens, such as mineralogical, botanical and zoological ones. The Siebold collection is an only one that can be evidence of the Edo period of Japanese culture, society, and the environment. In this project, we developed the labels attached to the minerral specimens, the mineral list by Hoffmann and the manuscript of ‘Minerals of Japan’by Burger. We could clarify the contribution of Burger, an assistant of Siebold, to the formation of Sielbold’s collection. We could also find the important Siebold’s botanical collection in Botanische Staatssammlung Munchen, which had played main role for ‘Flora Japonica’by Siebold.