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[[File:Kawasaki-shozo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A stone marker at Kawasaki's birthplace in Daikoku-chô, Kagoshima]]
*''Born: [[1837]], [[Kagoshima]]''
*''Died: [[1912]]''
*''Japanese'': [[川崎]]正蔵 ''(Kawasaki Shouzou)''
Kawasaki Shôzô was the founder of Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, which later developed into Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., known today for its robots, motorcycles, heavy equipment, trains, and aerospace technologies.
Shôzô was born in [[Kagoshima]] in [[1837]], the eldest son of a shopkeeper. He lost his father when he was 15, and at 17 traveled to [[Nagasaki]], where he found work in the port's commerce. He then opened his own shop in [[Osaka]] at the age of 27, but faced difficulties as, on several occasions, ships transporting his goods ran into trouble or sank, and lost the cargo.
He then relocated to [[Tokyo]], and in [[1873]] was hired by the [[Ministry of Finance]] to investigate sea routes to [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]], and the possible commerce in Ryukyuan [[sugar]]. He helped establish regular mail routes between Tokyo and Ryûkyû, and cargo routes the following year, as he was also named vice-president of the Japan Mail & Steamship Company (''[[Nihon Yusen|Nihon Yûsen Kaisha]]'', or NYK). Through that company, and with the support of [[Matsukata Masayoshi]], Kawasaki had a shipyard built at Tsukiji in Tokyo in [[1878]].
In [[1887]], he established his own company, Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, with its headquarters in [[Kobe]]. He turned over the company in [[1896]] to Masayoshi's third son, [[Matsukata Kojiro|Matsukata Kôjirô]].
Kawasaki Shôzô died in [[1912]], at the age of 75.
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==References==
*Plaque at Kawasaki's birthplace, in Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15070841088/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
*''Born: [[1837]], [[Kagoshima]]''
*''Died: [[1912]]''
*''Japanese'': [[川崎]]正蔵 ''(Kawasaki Shouzou)''
Kawasaki Shôzô was the founder of Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, which later developed into Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., known today for its robots, motorcycles, heavy equipment, trains, and aerospace technologies.
Shôzô was born in [[Kagoshima]] in [[1837]], the eldest son of a shopkeeper. He lost his father when he was 15, and at 17 traveled to [[Nagasaki]], where he found work in the port's commerce. He then opened his own shop in [[Osaka]] at the age of 27, but faced difficulties as, on several occasions, ships transporting his goods ran into trouble or sank, and lost the cargo.
He then relocated to [[Tokyo]], and in [[1873]] was hired by the [[Ministry of Finance]] to investigate sea routes to [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû]], and the possible commerce in Ryukyuan [[sugar]]. He helped establish regular mail routes between Tokyo and Ryûkyû, and cargo routes the following year, as he was also named vice-president of the Japan Mail & Steamship Company (''[[Nihon Yusen|Nihon Yûsen Kaisha]]'', or NYK). Through that company, and with the support of [[Matsukata Masayoshi]], Kawasaki had a shipyard built at Tsukiji in Tokyo in [[1878]].
In [[1887]], he established his own company, Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, with its headquarters in [[Kobe]]. He turned over the company in [[1896]] to Masayoshi's third son, [[Matsukata Kojiro|Matsukata Kôjirô]].
Kawasaki Shôzô died in [[1912]], at the age of 75.
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==References==
*Plaque at Kawasaki's birthplace, in Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15070841088/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]