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for the purposes of growing medicinal herbs. In 1684, the Azabu gardens were abolished and relocated to
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and was the birthplace of Japanese botanical research. Today research activities are focused on the
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and also a National Historic Site under the terms of the Cultural Assets Preservation Law.
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with 1.4 million specimens, and a library of 20,000 books and journals.
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Sunbeams streaming through leaves in the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens
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of higher plants. The garden's collections contain some 4,000 plant
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Graduate School of Science. They are located at 3-7-1 Hakusan,
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In 2012, it was designated by the national government as a
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Historic sites designated by Tokyo Metropolitan Government
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Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden

urban park
Bunkyō, Tokyo
Coordinates
35°43′12″N 139°44′42″E / 35.72000°N 139.74500°E / 35.72000; 139.74500
National Historic Site of Japan
National Place of Scenic Beauty


botanical garden
arboretum
University of Tokyo
Bunkyō, Tokyo
Japan
Tokugawa shogunate
Azabu
Edo
Koishikawa
Shogun
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Yoshimune
machi-bugyō
Ōoka Tadasuke
Koishikawa Yojosho
Meiji Restoration
Tokyo Imperial University
evolution
phylogenetic systematics
physiology

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