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*''Japanese'': 三井八郎右衛門 ''(Mitsui Hachirouemon)''
Mitsui Hachirôemon was a name passed down between heads of the [[Edo period]] currency exchange & dry goods wholesaling business which later developed into the Mitsui ''zaibatsu'' corporation. The Mitsui shop was also an official purveyor (''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'') to the shogunate.
Heads of the business came from eleven different households, who shared property/ownership between them, with each company head taking on the name Mitsui Hachirôemon in turn. They included:
*Takahira, second head of the [[Kita family]]<!--北家2代高平-->, credited with establishing the family codes and records of family history
*Takatomi, first head of the [[Isarago family]]<!--伊皿子家初代高富-->, credited with establishing the organization/policies of the shop
*Takaharu, first head of the [[Shinmachi family]]<!--新町家初代高治-->, credited with combining the family codes and business records
*Takafusa, third head of the Kita family<!--北家3代高房-->, credited with compiling the ''[[chonin|chônin]] kôken roku''
*Takakata, second head of the Shinmachi family
*Takami, fourth head of the Kita family
*Takayo, third head of the Shinmachi family
*Takanori, third head of the Isarago family
*Takakiyo, fifth head of the Kita family
*Takasuke, sixth head of the Kita family
*Takaga, fifth head of the Shinmachi family
*Takamasu, sixth head of the Shinmachi family
*Takafuku, eighth head of the Kita family, credited with the revival of the business around the time of the [[Meiji Restoration]]
*Takarô, ninth head of the Kita family
*Takamune, tenth head of the Kita family, credited with establishing the business as a ''zaibatsu'' in the modern sense
*Takakimi, eleventh head of the Kita family
A home belonging to the 11th Mitsui Hachirôemon, Mitsui Takakimi, stands today in the [[Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum]]. Originally built in the Nishi-azabu neighborhood of Minato-ku, Tokyo, in 1952, it incorporates a guest room and dining room built on Aburanokôji in Kyoto in [[1897]] and then relocated to Tokyo; the storehouse attached to the house also dates to the early Meiji period - specifically, [[1874]]. ''Fusuma'' (sliding door) paintings in the home were completed in the Meiji period by artists of the [[Maruyama-Shijo school|Maruyama-Shijô school]].
==References==
*Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum, English language brochure/pamphlet (2010), p6.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%95%E5%85%AB%E9%83%8E%E5%8F%B3%E8%A1%9B%E9%96%80 Mitsui Hachirôemon]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典, Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
*Plaque on-site at Mitsui Hachirôemon Residence, Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
Mitsui Hachirôemon was a name passed down between heads of the [[Edo period]] currency exchange & dry goods wholesaling business which later developed into the Mitsui ''zaibatsu'' corporation. The Mitsui shop was also an official purveyor (''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'') to the shogunate.
Heads of the business came from eleven different households, who shared property/ownership between them, with each company head taking on the name Mitsui Hachirôemon in turn. They included:
*Takahira, second head of the [[Kita family]]<!--北家2代高平-->, credited with establishing the family codes and records of family history
*Takatomi, first head of the [[Isarago family]]<!--伊皿子家初代高富-->, credited with establishing the organization/policies of the shop
*Takaharu, first head of the [[Shinmachi family]]<!--新町家初代高治-->, credited with combining the family codes and business records
*Takafusa, third head of the Kita family<!--北家3代高房-->, credited with compiling the ''[[chonin|chônin]] kôken roku''
*Takakata, second head of the Shinmachi family
*Takami, fourth head of the Kita family
*Takayo, third head of the Shinmachi family
*Takanori, third head of the Isarago family
*Takakiyo, fifth head of the Kita family
*Takasuke, sixth head of the Kita family
*Takaga, fifth head of the Shinmachi family
*Takamasu, sixth head of the Shinmachi family
*Takafuku, eighth head of the Kita family, credited with the revival of the business around the time of the [[Meiji Restoration]]
*Takarô, ninth head of the Kita family
*Takamune, tenth head of the Kita family, credited with establishing the business as a ''zaibatsu'' in the modern sense
*Takakimi, eleventh head of the Kita family
A home belonging to the 11th Mitsui Hachirôemon, Mitsui Takakimi, stands today in the [[Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum]]. Originally built in the Nishi-azabu neighborhood of Minato-ku, Tokyo, in 1952, it incorporates a guest room and dining room built on Aburanokôji in Kyoto in [[1897]] and then relocated to Tokyo; the storehouse attached to the house also dates to the early Meiji period - specifically, [[1874]]. ''Fusuma'' (sliding door) paintings in the home were completed in the Meiji period by artists of the [[Maruyama-Shijo school|Maruyama-Shijô school]].
==References==
*Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum, English language brochure/pamphlet (2010), p6.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%95%E5%85%AB%E9%83%8E%E5%8F%B3%E8%A1%9B%E9%96%80 Mitsui Hachirôemon]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典, Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
*Plaque on-site at Mitsui Hachirôemon Residence, Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
