Fukui Prefectural Fujishima High School (福井県立藤島高等学校, ''Fukui Kenritsu Fujishima Kōtō Gakkō'') is a
high school
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in
Fukui
is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to:
Places
* Fukui Domain, a part of the Japanese han system during the Edo period
* Fukui Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in ...
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Japan
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, founded in 1855. The school is operated by the Fukui Prefectural Board of Education. In 2004 the school was chosen as
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Its best known graduate is probably
Yoichiro Nambu, winner of the 2008
Nobel Prize in Physics
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History
The history of Fujishima High School can be traced back to the
han school of
Fukui Domain, established in 1855.
Notable alumni
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Hirase Sakugorō
was a Japanese botanist and painter. Born into a samurai family in Fukui, Hirase discovered the spermatozoids of the ginkgo in January 1894, before Seiichiro Ikeno discovered the spermatozoids of the cycad. He is a laureate of the Imperial Prize ...
- botanist
*
Yoichiro Nambu - physicist, Nobel laureate
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Keisuke Okada
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936.
Biography
Early life
Okada was born on 20 January 1868, in Fukui Prefecture, the son of a samurai of the Fukui Domain. He attended the 15th ...
- admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the 31st Prime Minister of Japan
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Machi Tawara
is a contemporary Japanese writer, translator and poet.
Tawara is most famous as a contemporary poet. She is credited with revitalizing the tanka for modern Japanese audiences. Her skill as a translator consist of translating classical Japanese ...
- modern poet
*
Chosei Komatsu
is a Japanese conductor who, from 2003-2010, was Artistic Director of Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica. Also, after five years as Music Director of Japan’s Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, he assumed the title of Conductor Laureate. ...
- orchestral conductor
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Yuichi Nakagaichi - former volleyball player
See also
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List of high schools in Fukui Prefecture
This is a list of high schools in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Public high schools (prefectural)
All of the high schools in this section have at the beginning of the official school name. This has been omitted to make the page easier to read.
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External links
Official Fujishima High School Website
High schools in Fukui Prefecture
Schools in Fukui Prefecture
Educational institutions established in 1855
1855 establishments in Japan
Fukui (city)
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