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東京天文台75年 << 1953年(昭和28年) 10月29日 >> 2-4-67

Tokyo Observatory 75th Anniversary
Issued on October 29, 1953 (Showa 28)

Tokyo Observatrey 75th Anniversary Issued on October 29, 1953 In October 1953 (Showa 28), the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a kind of commemorative stamp for the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo Observatory.The Tokyo Astronomical Observatory was a research institute attached to the University of Tokyo, but in 1988 (Showa 63) it became the "National Astronomical Observatory", a research institute under the direct control of the Ministry of Education (currently the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).
The Tokyo Observatory was established in 1878 (Meiji 11) as an observatory for the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo, and was reorganized in 1888 to become the Tokyo Observatory.