The Special Moss Exhibition Displayed at the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 1971
1972; American Bryological and Lichenological Society; Volume: 75; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Romeno
10.1639/0007-2745(1972)75[1
ISSN1938-4378
Autores Tópico(s)Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
ResumoThe special moss exhibition staged by the National Science Museum and the Hattori Botanical Laboratory was held during 16 May to 6 June 1971. The extensive exhibit entirely devoted to bryophytes seems to be the first attempt of this sort, and visitors to the exhibition numbered 64,391 during the three weeks. The display contained eight separate themes, and by great efforts the numerous living materials were maintained. For the period of 16 May to 6 June 1971, a special moss exhibition was held under the joint auspices of the National Science Museum and the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, at the National Science Museum, Tokyo. This exhibition was originally planned as one of the events to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, and such an extensive exhibition entirely devoted to bryophytes seems to be the first attempt of this sort. In Japan, bryophytes are generally rather widely used by amateur and professional horticulturists in various ways, as in moss gardens, moss Bonkei (tray-landscapes), moss Bonsai, etc. The most extensive and beautiful moss garden is at Saihoji Temple in Kyoto (the Kokedera), which is now very famous almost world-wide. However, similar but less extensive moss gardens are now popular for the gardens of private houses in Tokyo. This fact means that mosses have now become important materials in horticulture in Japan. The recent trend toward the demand for mosses is well demonstrated by the number of visitors to the moss exhibition, which reached a total of 64,391 for three weeks. About one-third of the visitors were between the ages of 40 and 60, and were involved in the hobby of moss collecting and in making moss cultures in pots and small gardens. University and high school students were also notably numerous among the visitors. 1 My sincere appreciation is due to Dr. W. C. Steere for his kind cooperation with the exhibition and for his suggestions on this manuscript. Many other colleagues helped the exhibition by sending materials for display and I am especially thankful to Drs. Y. Horikawa, S. Tatuno, H. Ando, H. Suzuki, N. Kitagawa, M. Kamimura, T. Koponen, and R. Santesson, iamong many others. I am also indebted to Drs. S. Hattori, Z. Iwatsuki, M. Mizutani, I. Yoshimura, and other staff members of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory for their great efforts in making the exhibition successful. 2 National Science Museum, Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan; also Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Nichinan, Miyazaki Pref., Japan. 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Special moss exhibit, National Science Museum, Tokyo. Display for morphology of bryophytes. The methods, equipment, and illumination of the display were the responsibility of a professional display designer. The Museum room used for the exhibition was about 410 m2. The display was divided into eight themes; an account of each theme is given in the following discussion. 1) Bryophytes and their allies.-As so many different kind of plants are called Koke (mosses) in Japan, several common true bryophytes were displayed to give an idea about what bryophytes are; the species used were Marchantia polymorpha, Conocephalum conicum, Pogonatum inflexum, Weissia controversa, Funaria hygrometrica, Ceratodon purpureus, and Bryum argenteum, all of which are very common in and around Tokyo. To show what is Koke among non-bryophytes, the following were used; Parmelia tinctorum, Cladonia rangiferina, Hymenophyllum barbatum, Selaginella uncinata, and Drosera rotundifolia, all of which are commonly called Koke in Japan. American Spanish moss was also displayed by means of a specimen and a color photograph. All specimens (except Spanish moss) were displayed in fresh condition; the material was put on cotton moistened with water in a glass container 19 cm wide and 4 cm tall. 2) Morphology and evolution of bryophytes.-To show the basic structure of moss plants, Polytrichum commune and several others were used as color or black-and-white photographs (Fig. 1). The life history was shown with a model made for Marchantia polymorpha. The protonemal stages of several species were shown by color photographs, and living material of protonema of Schistostega pennata was exhibited in a dark box. 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