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*''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 Seiho|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.
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*''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 Seiho|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.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]