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Ginkgo Landscapes

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Since ancient times, Ginkgo has stimulated people’s imaginative powers and permitted culture of many kinds to bloom. Among many distinctive features, the shape of its leaves especially has stimulated the creative powers of artists and served as the theme of poetry. Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) sang as follows in the poem titled “Gingo Biloba” in the West-Eastern Divan: “Is it one living thing that has become divided within itself? Are these two who have chosen each other, so that we know them as one?” (translated by David Luke) [1]. Ginkgo personifies a world of harmony with oneself and is also called the tree of love. It is a mysterious tree that reminds us of how the Occident and the orient have met and influenced each other. This chapter considers the Ginkgo in Japan, a nation of the orient.

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  • Camphor Tree
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  • Roadside Tree

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  1. Environment Department, Ministry of Construction, 1 Asahi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

    Mariko Handa

  2. Planning Division, Planning and Research Administration Department, Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, 1 Asahi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

    Yasuo Iizuka

  3. Michinoku Lakewood National Government Park Works Office, Tohoku Regional Construction Bureau, Ministry of Construction, 53-9 Nihonmatsu, Ono, Kawasaki Cho, Shibata Gun, Miyagi, 989-15, Japan

    Nobuo Fujiwara

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  1. Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tenno-dai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Terumitsu Hori Dr.

  2. Associate Professor, Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University, 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181, Japan

    Robert W. Ridge Ph.D.

  3. Professor Emeritus, Department of Science, Antioch College, 795 Livermore Street, 45387, Yellow Springs, OH, USA

    Walter Tulecke Ph.D.

  4. Director, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway, 02130, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA

    Peter Del Tredici Ph.D.

  5. Laboratory of Cellular Biology and Plant Biochemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Francois Rabelais University, 31 Avenue Monge, 37200, Tours, France

    Jocelyne Trémouillaux-Guiller Dr.

  6. Professor, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-01, Japan

    Hiroshi Tobe Dr.

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Handa, M., Iizuka, Y., Fujiwara, N. (1997). Ginkgo Landscapes. In: Hori, T., Ridge, R.W., Tulecke, W., Del Tredici, P., Trémouillaux-Guiller, J., Tobe, H. (eds) Ginkgo Biloba A Global Treasure. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68416-9_21

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