Taibai Materia Medica: Unofficial ‘Herb Physicians’ in North Western China by Lena Springer

“…In a habitat of mountains in North West China, with few roads and covered in forest and rock, mostly autodidact part-time ‘herb physicians’ gather medicinal plants. …”
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Kobori Enshū : deux biographies, une légende by Emmanuel Marès

“…At first sight, everything seems to oppose the two main historians of the post-war Japanese gardens : Shigemori Mirei and Mori Osamu. The former was an autodidact, a visionary and an inspired artist, while the latter was a scholar who based his works on manuscripts, excavations and research. …”
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