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Research Staff

	Hiromitsu Akiyama

Research Group
Museum Studies Research Group

Photograph Explanation
Looking at pin-hole cameras at the Sakawa Art Museum as part of 'Sagawa Kids Museum 2006'.

E-MAIL: akiyama@lbm.go.jp

	Career

I graduated from Nippon University's Agricultural and Veterinarian Department in marine products. From 1974 I worked at the Shiga Prefectural Culture Museum, and since 1996 I have been working at the Lake Biwa Museum.

Specialty

1. Elucidation of the sound mechanisms of the 'gigi' fish.
2. The egg-laying behaviour of the 'sunaganigoi' fish.
3. The utilization of photographs in museology.

Key Words of Research

Image utilization, fish photography, freshwater fish, fish vocalization, fish breeding.

Professional Society Membership

Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan, the Japan Ethological Society, the Japanese Orthopteran Workshop.