Shiriyazaki Lighthouse
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Shiriyazaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the outermost extremity of Cape Shiriyazaki, the northeasternmost point of Honshu, in Higashidōri, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It received protection as
Shiriyazaki Lighthouse
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Richard Henry Brunton
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Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE was a British engineer known as the "Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meij
Shiriyazaki Lighthouse
…a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2017. Shiriyazaki Lighthouse was one of the 26 lighthouses built in Meiji period Japan by British engineer Richard Henry Brunton. Work began in June 1873. The lighthouse was completed on October 20, 1876 (after Brunton had departed from Japan), and was the first western-style…
Richard Henry Brunton
The last of Brunton's 26 "children" - the lighthouse at Tsunoshima island, Hohoku, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture
The old pre-Brunton Shirasu lighthouse in the grounds of Kokura Castle
Brunton and Yokohama – the plaque next to his statue in Yokohama records all he did for the city.