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*''Born: [[1852]]''
*''Died: [[1909]]''
*''Japanese'': 飯田新七 ''(Iida Shinshichi)''
Iida Shinshichi III was the third head of the [[Takashimaya]] business, which began as a secondhand clothing store in [[1831]], and later developed into a major department store chain.
He was the eldest son of [[Iida Shinshichi II]] and [[Iida Utako]]; his childhood name was Naojirô. He took on the name Shinshichi and ran the family business with the help of his four younger brothers, after inheriting it in [[1878]].
Shinshichi III has been described as "a Kyoto sophisticate with refined taste (''[[tsu|tsûjin]]'') and artistic sensibility."<ref>Conant. p76.</ref> He was actively involved in the city's artistic circles, and served as a juror for the biannual Kyoto Exposition. He also worked closely with a number of painters, who provided him with designs for tapestries and the like.
He continued his fathers' work of seeking high-end clientele, and in [[1887]], began to receive commissions for rugs, tapestries, and other ornamental [[textiles]] from the Imperial Household. That same year, he established an export division of the company, and received commissions to produce works to decorate the new [[Diet Building]] and [[Imperial Hotel]] in [[Tokyo]], as well as for the stage curtain for [[Kabuki-za]]. He retired the following year, in [[1888]], passing on control of the company to his younger brother Tetsusaburô.
==References==
*Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." Impressions 33 (2012). pp75-76.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%83%283%E4%BB%A3%29 Iida Shinshichi (3-dai)]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
*''Died: [[1909]]''
*''Japanese'': 飯田新七 ''(Iida Shinshichi)''
Iida Shinshichi III was the third head of the [[Takashimaya]] business, which began as a secondhand clothing store in [[1831]], and later developed into a major department store chain.
He was the eldest son of [[Iida Shinshichi II]] and [[Iida Utako]]; his childhood name was Naojirô. He took on the name Shinshichi and ran the family business with the help of his four younger brothers, after inheriting it in [[1878]].
Shinshichi III has been described as "a Kyoto sophisticate with refined taste (''[[tsu|tsûjin]]'') and artistic sensibility."<ref>Conant. p76.</ref> He was actively involved in the city's artistic circles, and served as a juror for the biannual Kyoto Exposition. He also worked closely with a number of painters, who provided him with designs for tapestries and the like.
He continued his fathers' work of seeking high-end clientele, and in [[1887]], began to receive commissions for rugs, tapestries, and other ornamental [[textiles]] from the Imperial Household. That same year, he established an export division of the company, and received commissions to produce works to decorate the new [[Diet Building]] and [[Imperial Hotel]] in [[Tokyo]], as well as for the stage curtain for [[Kabuki-za]]. He retired the following year, in [[1888]], passing on control of the company to his younger brother Tetsusaburô.
==References==
*Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." Impressions 33 (2012). pp75-76.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%83%283%E4%BB%A3%29 Iida Shinshichi (3-dai)]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]