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Lighthouse (October 12, 1872)
Engravings of new lighthouses in Japan published in The Illustrated London News on October 12, 1872 (Meiji 5). In 1868 (Meiji 1), the Japanese government hired Scottish engineer Richard Henry Brunton (1841-1901) to build lighthouses. He built 26 of them and trained the lighthouse keepers. In Japan he is known as the "Father of Japanese lighthouses."The lighthouses in this engraving are: Satamisaki in Kagoshima, Shionomizaki in Wakayama, Mikomotoshima and Irozaki in Shizuoka, and Tempozan (also Tenpozan) in Osaka.
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17-04-2014
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