page_title: Yasujiro Niwa
hierarchical_section_title: Yasujiro Niwa
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: NE式写真電送装置（ファクシミリ）の送信装置。国立科学博物館の展示。English: Transmitter of NE-type phototelegraphic system (Fax). Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
context_page_description: 'Yasujiro Niwa was a Japanese electrical scientist from Matsusaka, Mie. In the 1920s, he invented a simple device for phototelegraphic transmission through cable and later via radio, a precursor to mechanical television. He later became the Director of the Department of Electronic Engineering of University of Tokyo. He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merits and the Order of Merit of the First Class.
context_section_description: 'Yasujiro Niwa (丹羽 保次郎 Niwa Yasujirō, April 1, 1893 – February 28, 1975) was a Japanese electrical scientist from Matsusaka, Mie. In the 1920s, he invented a simple device for phototelegraphic transmission through cable and later via radio, a precursor to mechanical television. He later became the Director of the Department of Electronic Engineering of University of Tokyo. He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merits and the Order of Merit of the First Class.
caption: Transmitter of NE-type phototelegraphic system (Fax). Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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