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| + | [[Image:Iwasaki-yataro.gif|frame|right|Photograph of ''Iwasaki Yataro'']] |
| * ''Born: [[1834]]'' | | * ''Born: [[1834]]'' |
| * ''Died: [[1885]]'' | | * ''Died: [[1885]]'' |
| * ''Japanese'': 岩崎 弥太郎 ''(Iwasaki Yatarou)'' | | * ''Japanese'': 岩崎 弥太郎 ''(Iwasaki Yatarou)'' |
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| + | 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]]. His many philanthropic projects included the restoration of [[Rikugien]], the [[Edo period]] gardens of ''daimyô'' [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]. |
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− | [[Image:Iwasaki-yataro.gif|frame|right|Photograph of ''Iwasaki Yataro'']] | + | Yatarô was succeeded as head of Mitsubishi by his younger brother [[Iwasaki Yanosuke]], who was followed in turn by Yatarô's eldest son [[Iwasaki Hisaya]], who also founded the [[Toyo Bunko|Tôyô Bunko]].<ref>Gallery labels, Tôyô Bunko.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/35953134521/sizes/h/]</ref> |
− | 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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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *[[Romulus Hillsborough|Hillsborough, Romulus]]. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999 | | *[[Romulus Hillsborough|Hillsborough, Romulus]]. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999 |
| *Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994. | | *Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994. |
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| [[Category:Edo Period]][[Category:Meiji Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]][[Category:Meiji Period]] |