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* ''Born: [[1834]]'' | * ''Born: [[1834]]'' | ||
* ''Died: [[1885]]'' | * ''Died: [[1885]]'' | ||
* ''Japanese'': 岩崎 弥太郎 ''(Iwasaki Yatarou)'' | * ''Japanese'': 岩崎 弥太郎 ''(Iwasaki Yatarou)'' | ||
| − | + | Iwasaki Yatarô was a ''[[goshi|gôshi]]'' from [[Tosa han|Tosa]] who headed the [[han|domain’s]] trading business in [[Nagasaki]] during the waning days of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He became a business associate of [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] through the [[Kaientai]] trading operations. Iwasaki was not particularly fond of Ryôma but "business was business". Iwasaki later formed the famous [[Mitsubishi|Mitsubishi Trading House]] and became one of Japan’s most successful businessmen of the [[Meiji period]]. | |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 24 July 2014
Photograph of Iwasaki Yataro
Iwasaki Yatarô was a gôshi from Tosa who headed the domain’s trading business in Nagasaki during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate. He became a business associate of Sakamoto Ryôma through the Kaientai trading operations. Iwasaki was not particularly fond of Ryôma but "business was business". Iwasaki later formed the famous Mitsubishi Trading House and became one of Japan’s most successful businessmen of the Meiji period.
References
- Hillsborough, Romulus. RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai. Ridgeback Press, 1999
- Jansen, Marius B. Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. Columbia University Press, 1994.
