Mutsurejima Lighthouse
Lighthouse
33°58′41″N 130°52′4.5″E / 33.97806°N 130.867917°E / 33.97806; 130.867917Mutsurejima Lighthouse (六連島灯台, mutsurejima tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Mutsurejima, which is administered by Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan.
History
Work began in late 1870.[3] The lighthouse was first lit in 1872, and was designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan at the beginning of the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses to make it safe for foreign ships.
See also
References
- ^ Mutsurejima Lighthouse Lighthouses of Japan
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Western Yamaguchi". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Maloney, Iain (2023). The Japan lights. Tippermuir Books Ltd, Perth, Scotland. p. 178. ISBN 9781913836320.
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(Léonce Verny)
- Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869/1925)
- Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869)
- Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870)
- Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870)
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(“Brunton’s Children”)
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- Tsurugisaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Esaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Hesaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Mikomotoshima Lighthouse (1871)
- Irōzaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Iojimazaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Satamisaki Lighthouse (1871)
- Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (1872)
- Tomogashima Lighthouse (1872)
- Mutsurejima Lighthouse (1872)
- Shirasu Lighthouse (1873/1900)
- Sugashima Lighthouse (1873)
- Anorisaki Lighthouse (1873)
- Tsurushima Lighthouse (1873)
- Shionomisaki Lighthouse (1873)
- Inubōsaki Lighthouse (1874)
- Omaesaki Lighthouse (1874)
- Eboshijima Lighthouse (1875)
- Shiriyazaki Lighthouse (1876)
- Kinkasan Lighthouse (1876)
- Tsunoshima Lighthouse (1876)
- Rokkosaki Lighthouse (1883)
- Nyūdōzaki Lighthouse (1898)
- Wakkanai Lighthouse (1900)
- Mizunokojima Lighthouse (1904)
- Sunosaki Lighthouse (1919)
- Ōmazaki Lighthouse (1920
- Nomazaki Lighthouse (1921)
- Tappizaki Lighthouse (1932)
- Yokohama Marine Tower (1961)
- Enoshima Sea Candle (2003)
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