Iida Tetsusaburo

• Born: 1859
• Died: 1944
• Japanese: 飯田鉄三郎 (Iida Tetsusaburou)

Iida Tetsusaburô was the fourth head of the Takashimaya corporation, which was begun by his grandfather, Iida Shinshichi I, as a secondhand clothing shop in 1831.

Tetsusaburô was one of five sons of Iida Shinshichi II and his wife Iida Utako. He inherited control of the company from his older brother Iida Shinshichi III in 1888, and placed his younger brother Iida Tojirô in charge of the company's exports division. Tojirô then created within his division a studio where artists, including Takeuchi Seihô, produced designs for tapestries and other high-end textiles.

The following year, in 1889, Tetsusaburô traveled to Europe and the United States, and attended the Exposition Universalle in Paris.

References

• Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." Impressions 33 (2012). p76.