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Portrait or photograph of Noguchi Hideyo: Series E 1000 Yen Bank of Japan note. Portrait: Hideyo Noguchi. First issued in 2004. 150mm x76mm.

Virtual Memorial

Noguchi Hideyo

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Noguchi Hideyo, remembered for Bacteriology, Yellow fever research, Japanese medical history.

1876 - 1928Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan
Portrait or photograph of Noguchi Hideyo: Portrait of Noguchi Hideyo (野口英世, 1876 – 1928)
Portrait of Noguchi Hideyo (野口英世, 1876 – 1928) Unknown author Unknown author, This image is available from the website of the National Diet Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Noguchi Hideyo Is Remembered

Noguchi Hideyo is remembered for bacteriology, yellow fever research, japanese medical history. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Noguchi Hideyo.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Noguchi Hideyo's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Hideyo Noguchi , also known as Seisaku Noguchi , was a Japanese bacteriologist at the Rockefeller Institute during its foundation under Simon Flexner and known for his work on syphilis and contributing to the long term understanding of neurosyphilis.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Noguchi Hideyo: Portrait of Hideyo Noguchi. General Collections Keywords: Hideyo Noguchi

Portrait of Hideyo Noguchi. General Collections Keywords: Hideyo Noguchi

CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Noguchi Hideyo: A portrait of Hideyo Noguchi and his fiends outside of his summer home in Shandaken built in 1917.

A portrait of Hideyo Noguchi and his fiends outside of his summer home in Shandaken built in 1917.

Unknown author Unknown author, Fukushima Education Information Database ( http://is2.sss.fukushima-u.ac.jp/fks-db/pic/20045.001/20045.001.00006.html ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Noguchi Hideyo: Photograph from the Doris Ulmann collection

Photograph from the Doris Ulmann collection

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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