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When Kono Yasui was in the research
department of the Women's Higher Normal School, a professor at Tokyo Imperial
University lent her a device called a microtome, which was used to cut very
thin slices of tissue so that they could be examined under a microscope.
Using the microtome, she prepared numerous microscopic slides of plant tissue,
carefully drew what she observed through the microscope, and finally completed
a research paper accompanied by 120 painstaking drawings. Drawing with her
own hand what she observed with one's own eyes doubtless helped her to refine
her observations. Here you will learn how to observe and sketch some common
plants, much as Kono Yasui did. (This discussion is related only indirectly
to the subject of Dr. Yasui's research.): |
