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Kinoko: A window into the mystical world of Japanese mushrooms [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

by Nathaniel Guy (Author), David Arora (Author), Jōji Irisa (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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Kinoko: A Window into the Mystical World of Japanese Mushrooms is a comprehensive guide to Japanese mushrooms and their place in Japanese culture. Written by Nathaniel Guy, a professional Japanese translator and interpreter with a decade of mushroom hunting experience, this book explores the rich history and cultural significance of mushrooms in Japan.

Inside, you'll find colorful and interesting etymologies of Japanese mushroom names, translated essays and stories from Japanese authors, new translations of a hundred Japanese haiku about mushrooms, cultural insights about mushrooms in Japan, and a glossary and phrasebook of Japanese terms related to mushrooms and mycology. Whether you're a mushroom enthusiast, a lover of poetry and language, or simply interested in the outdoors, you'll find something to enjoy in this beautifully written and carefully researched book.
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    3 January 2023
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Nathaniel Guy

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Nathaniel “Nat” Guy is an engineer, translator, and amateur mycologist, currently serving as an officer in the Tokyo Mushroom Society. In 2020, he developed and released the app Japanese Mushroom Dictionary: Become a Japanese myco-expert! for Android and iPhone/iPad, a digital dictionary of all of the documented Japanese common names for mushrooms and their up-to-date scientific name equivalents. In addition to accomplishments such as “finding some of the largest Boletus edulis specimens anyone in his mushroom club had ever seen” and “stumbling upon an amazing patch of Pleurocybella porrigens back in 2015,” he has also worked as a Japanese-English translator on over a dozen video games and contributed software and GNC algorithms to a number of high-profile space missions.

He currently lives in Japan with his wife and two daughters.

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  • Monika
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book!
    Reviewed in Canada on 10 November 2024
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    What a treasure - thank you!
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  • ぷろ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and lots of Pretty Pictures
    Reviewed in Japan on 3 April 2023
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    Not knowing much about fungi, aside from what I had learned in biology classes or on YouTube, I dove into this book. Long story short, it was wonderful and I would suggest it as a good first-read for anyone interested in learning more about mushrooms.

    What really sets it apart is that it is not just a dry explanation of fungus accompanied by photos of mushrooms taken against a white background in a lab. Instead, the book is quite colorfully written with interjected stories of friends’ mushroom hunts, and photos of mushroom finds clearly taken with a passion for both the fields of photography and mycology.
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  • Michael Nolen Long
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great read and very informative
    Reviewed in the United States on 25 March 2023
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    I bought this book out of a love of mushrooms and because I'm learning Japanese. I don't regret it at all!

    The author has a great voice and an obvious love of the material. I range from some dry information about different mushrooms, to anecdotal stories from mushroom hunters to poetry. I would highly recommend this book to anyone with even a passing interest in mycology, mushroom hunting, or even just a reason to walk around in the wood.
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  • FODI Attila
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of its kind, I do recommend it to everyone who loves mushrooms and/or Japanese culture.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2023
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    Writing a review is not an easy task, especially if the author is dealing with an area which only partially connected to your own field of study, and you write your review in a foreign language.
    I am a (filed) mycologist, but I don't speak or read Japanese. I speak and read a few other languages though, incl. Chinese, and I literally just started to learn Classical Japanese to be able to read Haikus in their original form.
    Strengths:
    Well detailed mycological descriptions of 20 species, and a short, but comprehensive list about some other well-known and/or preferred species. The used scientific names correlate with the latest DNA-based taxonomy, which is a rare phenomenon.
    List of 300+ species with their scientific name and common Japanese name [和名, wamei].
    Essays on 60 pages about a few selected mushroom species, their role and appreciation in Japan.
    My personal favourite is probably the mushroom-themed haiku anthology [in Japanese and in English translation, translated by the author] in the book.
    There is a well edited, rather comprehensive Dictionary of Mycological Terms at the very back of a book, which is an amazing work.
    If I have to say something that I am not fully satisfied, it is the quality of the paper the book was printed on. It is a really sensitive paper which will - I am afraid - get dirty really easily. It has nothing to do with the author (who seems to have an outstanding knowledge about Japanese fungi and their role in Japanese society), but might be a useful information to the publisher before a reprint.
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  • pinkpawpad
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mushrooms are Beautiful
    Reviewed in the United States on 24 March 2023
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    This delightful book combines the fascinating science of mycology with the stirring haiku of classical Japanese poets. Rich with gorgeous color photos, Kinoko takes the reader on a peaceful walk through the cool, verdant forests of Japan. I highly recommend this splendid book to lovers of nature, biology, Japanese folklore, poetry, wisdom and, of course, mushrooms.
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