# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yasuyoshi-shirasawa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:54:11.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yasuyoshi-shirasawa"
name: "Yasuyoshi Shirasawa"
slug: "yasuyoshi-shirasawa"
description: "Yasuyoshi Shirasawa , also known as Homi Shirasawa, was a Japanese botanist who worked alongside Tomitaro Makino 'The Father of Japanese Botany', at the University of Tokyo. Shirasawa named numerous native plants, notably the endangered Picea koyamae and the Kyūshū Lime Tilia kiusiana."
tagline: "Japanese botanist (1868-1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yasumi_Shirasawa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1868"
deathDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38
  momentum:             15.74074074074074
  historical:           4.803132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirasawa_Homi"
    title: "Shirasawa Homi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuyoshi_Shirasawa"
    title: "Yasuyoshi Shirasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuyoshi_Shirasawa"
    title: "Yasuyoshi Shirasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E6%B2%A2%E4%BF%9D%E7%BE%8E"
    title: "白沢保美"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuyoshi_Shirasawa"
    title: "Yasuyoshi Shirasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2279316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump