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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]].

[[Image:Iwasaki-yataro.gif|frame|right|Photograph of ''Iwasaki Yataro'']]

A ''[[goshi]]'' from [[Tosa province|Tosa]] who headed the han’s trading business in [[Nagasaki]] during the waning days of the [[Tokugawa Bakufu|Shogunate]]. He became a business associate of [[Sakamoto Ryoma]] through the [[Kaientai]] trading operations. Iwasaki was not particularly fond of Ryoma 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]].

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