94031(community reviews) + 318 (my reviews) = 94349
I started going on Bunpro about 10 days ago, and wasn’t aware of this race until just now, hence the large number of reviews. みんなで頑張りましょう！
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94349 (Community Reviews) + 20 (my reviews) = 94369
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94369 (Community Reviews) + 118 (my reviews) = 94487
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94487 (community) + 45 (me) = 94532
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94532 (Community Reviews) + 12 (my reviews) = 94544
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94544 (community total) + 128 (my reviews) = 94672
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94672 (community total) + 70 (my reviews of the past 3 days) = 94742
Was so busy at work the last couple of days and with adulting in general, I barely had time to do my reviews let alone post here…
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94742 (community total) + 163 (my reviews) = 94905
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94905 (community total) + 47 (my reviews) = 94952
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94952 (community total) + 38 (my reviews) = 94990
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94990 (community total) + 38 (my reviews) = 95012
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95012 (community total) + 22 (my reviews) = 95034
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95034 (community total) + 8 (my reviews) =95042
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95042 (community total) + 52 (my reviews) =95094
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95094 (community total) + 32 (my reviews) = 95126
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95126 (community total) + 703 (my reviews, since the 13th) = 95829
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95829 (community total) + 58 (my reviews, last 3 days) = 95887
About 262 years in: ~1825
A few years after arriving in Nagasaki, Philip Franz von Siebold (see previous post) was permitted to open a medical school in 1824. This attracted many students of medicine, but also for botanical and nature studies, as this was Siebold’s primary area of expertise. He was paid in cultural items and gifts from the people they treated. They built a special glasshouse and housed over 1000 native Japanese plants, many of which he sent back to the Netherlands or collected the seeds to send back. In 1827 Siebold had a child with local Japanese woman Kusumoto Taki, who he was ‘living with’ (they weren’t able to get married). Their daughter Kusumoto Ine grew up to be the first Japanese women to receiving training and become a physician, even working in the royal court. ‘The Siebold Incident’ occurred a year after, which led to his deportation. Over his time teaching and discussing western medicine, Siebold had visited the Imperial court in Kyoto and obtained a few detailed maps of Japan from another scholar there. However, was strictly forbidden by the government for security reasons and as part of the isolationist policy. The maps were somehow accidently discovered in his belongings, and he was accused of treason and being a spy. He was placed under arrest, and then sent back to the Netherlands. Others that were accused of conspiring with him were also arrested, and some were even executed. Due to his high regard, he was able to keep his belongings, and so he brought back thousands of live plant and animal specimens to study.
In the late 1820’s to around 1832 is when Hokusai created his most famous works: ‘Thirty-six view of Mount Fuji’. He was around 70 years old at this point, and his print ‘Great Wave of Kanagawa’ gained international fame and is easily one of the most recognizable pieces of Japanese artworks to date. These became so popular (and gained him so much more fame) that Hokusai added another 10 more prints to the series (technically making it 46 views?)
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95887 (community total) + 31 (my reviews) = 95918
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95918 (community total) + 46 (my reviews) = 95964
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95964 + 31 = 95995
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