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Kenjiro Takayanagi (高柳 健次郎, Takayanagi Kenjirō, January 20, 1899 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka – July 23, 1990 in Yokosuka) was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television. [1]
Learn how Dr. Takayanagi, a visionary scientist and inventor, developed the world's first practical electronic television in 1926. Discover his passion for communication, his challenges and achievements, and his legacy in the history of television.
Professor Kenjiro Takayanagi started his research program in television at Hamamatsu Technical College (now Shizuoka University) in 1924. He transmitted an image of the Japanese character イ(i) on a cathode-ray tube on 25 December 1926 and broadcast video over an electronic television system in 1935.
Jul 25, 1990 · Kenjiro Takayanagi, known as the father of Japanese television, died of pneumonia on Monday in a hospital in Yokosuka, company officials said today. He was 91 years old.
高柳健次郎博士は、1899年、現在の静岡県浜松市に生まれました。 尋常小学校時代、海軍の「無線」のデモンストレーションを目のあたりにしたことと、「タイタニック号事件」が無線で世界に配信された新聞記事を読んだことで、もともと科学が大好きだった高柳博士は「通信」に興味を抱くようになりました。 そして、1919年、蔵前にあった当時の東京高等工業学校附設工業教員養成所に入学し、初代の東京工業大学学長となる中村幸之助氏の薫陶を受けます。 「いま流行っていることをやるな。 10年後20年後、日本になくてはならない技術を見出して、コツコツ勉強しなさい。 20年後の未来に、世の中が欲しいと思うものを開発しなさい」
In 1935, Kenjiro Takayanagi at Hamamatsu Vocational College built a functioning iconoscope, which was a major step in development of an actual product. Fascinated by these developments, Matsushita immediately dispatched engineers to study under Takayanagi at the end of 1935, when Panasonic's own R&D program was launched at its Tokyo Laboratory.
Dec 13, 2022 · Learn about the father of Japanese television, Kenjiro Takayanagi, and his research and achievements at Shizuoka University and the National Museum of Nature and Science. See historical and current examples of television devices, from the first experiment with the letter "イ" to 8K display.
