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The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple

The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple

The Great Bell, Hokoji Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6884]

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Fushimi Inari Shrine

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Fushimi Inari Shrine==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6889]

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Maruyama Yaami Hotel

Maruyama Yaami Hotel

Maruyama Yaami Hotel==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6876]

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Nishi Otani (Otani Honbyo Mausoleum of Honganji Temple)

Nishi Otani (Otani Honbyo Mausoleum of Honganji Temple)

Nishi Otani (Otani Honbyo Mausoleum of Honganji Temple)==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6883]

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Tsutenbashi bridge at tofukuji temple

Tsutenbashi bridge at tofukuji temple

Tsutenbashi bridge at tofukuji temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6887]

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Sanjusangendo

Sanjusangendo

Sanjusangendo==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6886]

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The stage of Kiyomizudera Temple,Kyoto

The stage of Kiyomizudera Temple,Kyoto

The stage of Kiyomizudera Temple,Kyoto==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6882]

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Nanzenji Temple

Nanzenji Temple

Nanzenji Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6873]

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Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6866]

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Higashi Otani (Otani Sobyo Mausoleum of Higashi Honganji Temple)

Higashi Otani (Otani Sobyo Mausoleum of Higashi Honganji Temple)

Higashi Otani (Otani Sobyo Mausoleum of Higashi Honganji Temple)==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6879]

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TOYOKUNI SHRINE

TOYOKUNI SHRINE

TOYOKUNI SHRINE==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6885]

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Sen-yuji temple

Sen-yuji temple

Sen-yuji temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6888]

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Maruyama

Maruyama

Maruyama==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6877]

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Eikan-do Temple

Eikan-do Temple

Eikan-do Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6872]

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Five-Story Pagoda of Yasaka

Five-Story Pagoda of Yasaka

Five-Story Pagoda of Yasaka==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6881]

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Yasaka Shrine, Gion, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine, Gion, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine, Gion, Kyoto==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6878]

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Rows of houses seen from Higashiyama,Kyoto

Rows of houses seen from Higashiyama,Kyoto

Rows of houses seen from Higashiyama,Kyoto==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6875]

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Tokugawa Akitake

Tokugawa Akitake

Tokugawa Akitake==Date:1867, Place:Japan, Photo:Other photographers ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7097]

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Koudaiji Temple

Koudaiji Temple

Koudaiji Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6880]

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Foreign man

Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7095]

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Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Tokugawa Yoshinobu==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7100]

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Chion-in Temple

Chion-in Temple

Chion-in Temple==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6874]

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Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7101]

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Sanjo Sanetomi

Sanjo Sanetomi

Sanjo Sanetomi==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7099]

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Prince Fushimi Sadanaru

Prince Fushimi Sadanaru

Prince Fushimi Sadanaru==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Uchida Kuichi ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7102]

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Foreign man

Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:1875, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7096]

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Foreign man

Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:1873, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7093]

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Foreign man

Foreign man

Foreign man==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7094]

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Tokugawa Iesato ?

Tokugawa Iesato ?

Tokugawa Iesato ?==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7103]

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Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kitaniwa Tsukuba ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:7105]

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Baseball: Amateur prospect Matsumoto

Baseball: Amateur prospect Matsumoto

Meijo University sidearm pitcher Ryoto Matsumoto, an amateur prospect player in Japanese baseball, poses in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Amateur prospect Matsumoto

Baseball: Amateur prospect Matsumoto

Meijo University sidearm pitcher Ryoto Matsumoto, an amateur prospect player in Japanese baseball, plays catch in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 5, 2023.

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3 Japan-born Nobel laureates receive prize

3 Japan-born Nobel laureates receive prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Nagoya University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, pose for photos with their medals after the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya TV Tower and the Oasis 21 complex (foreground) are illuminated in blue with light-emitting diodes in Nagoya on Dec. 10, 2014, in celebration of the winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics by Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano and Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki for inventing the blue LED. Both universities are located in the central Japan city. Another Japanese scientist, University of California professor Shuji Nakamura, also shared the honor for the same invention.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, shake hands during a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, attend a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Akasaki returns home

Nobel laureate Akasaki returns home

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, a Meijo University professor who shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, shows off the Nobel medal at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014, after returning from Stockholm, where he attended the award ceremony. He said the Nobel medal is "heavy."

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Nobel laureate Akasaki returns home

Nobel laureate Akasaki returns home

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, a Meijo University professor who shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014, after returning from Stockholm, where he attended the award ceremony. He said the Nobel medal is "heavy."

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3 Nobel laureates make commemorative speeches

3 Nobel laureates make commemorative speeches

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From R) Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, receive applause after making commemorative speeches for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Akasaki makes speech in Stockholm

Nobel laureate Akasaki makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University and one of three scientists awarded the year's Nobel Prize in Physics, makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano (2nd from R), a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, attend an official press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, who did not attend the press conference, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, share a lighthearted moment during a press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

LOS ANGELES, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, holds a blue light-emitting diode at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

LOS ANGELES, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, meets the press at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

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PM Abe congratulates Nobel Prize winner Akasaki

PM Abe congratulates Nobel Prize winner Akasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers congratulations over the phone to Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, who was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue LEDs with two other scientists, in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, receives flowers from members of his laboratory at the university in Nagoya on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University students, surrounding a life-size cutout of professor Hiroshi Amano, celebrate at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after Amano was jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, holds a press conference at the university in Nagoya on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows (from L) Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, who were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 on Oct. 7, 2014, for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes. Akasaki and Amano are Japanese and Nakamura is a Japanese-born American.

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Japanese Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki, inventor of blue LED, dies

Japanese physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the world's first efficient blue light-emitting diodes, has died, Meijo University said Friday. He was 92.

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