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*''Born: [[1852]]''

*''Born: [[1852]]''

*''Died: [[1909]]''

*''Died: [[1909]]''

*''Japanese'': 飯田新七 ''(Iida Shinshichi)''

*''Japanese'': 飯田新七 ''(Iida Shinshichi)''

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.

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 [[Iida Tetsusaburo|Tetsusaburô]].

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 [[Iida Tetsusaburo|Tetsusaburô]], who had already been heavily involved in the everyday operations of the firm since 1886. Taking on the name Shinbei, he remained involved in his retirement in maintaining or shaping the company's image and prestige.

==References==

==References==

*Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." Impressions 33 (2012). pp75-76.

*Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." Impressions 33 (2012). pp75-76, 91.

*"[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.

*"[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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