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* ''Birth: [[1871]]''
Mumajiro was born in 1871, in Kyushu. He graduated from the Higher Commercial School in [[1894]]. In the same year he entered Okura & Co., and was in the branch office of the Company in [[Yokohama]] for three years, after which he moved to the [[Tokyo]] office. In [[1900]] he went to London, after visiting the continental countries of Europe.
Okura & Co. was the largest contractor for the Japanese government, and
had many branch offices throughout Japan, China, England and
Australia. In April, [[1901]], Yamada came to New York for the
purpose of opening an office, and in August he established his head
quarters on Broadway. His business mainly related to the exportation of machinery
and all iron work to Japan and the Far East.
==References==
* ''[http://www.archive.org/details/promamerinter00hepbrich Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]'', New York, 1903 ''(Public Domain source)''
[[Category:Merchants]][[Category:Meiji Period]]
Mumajiro was born in 1871, in Kyushu. He graduated from the Higher Commercial School in [[1894]]. In the same year he entered Okura & Co., and was in the branch office of the Company in [[Yokohama]] for three years, after which he moved to the [[Tokyo]] office. In [[1900]] he went to London, after visiting the continental countries of Europe.
Okura & Co. was the largest contractor for the Japanese government, and
had many branch offices throughout Japan, China, England and
Australia. In April, [[1901]], Yamada came to New York for the
purpose of opening an office, and in August he established his head
quarters on Broadway. His business mainly related to the exportation of machinery
and all iron work to Japan and the Far East.
==References==
* ''[http://www.archive.org/details/promamerinter00hepbrich Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]'', New York, 1903 ''(Public Domain source)''
[[Category:Merchants]][[Category:Meiji Period]]