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*''Born: [[1831]]''
*''Died: [[1907]]/10/12''
*''Japanese'': 飯田歌子 ''(Iida Utako)''
Iida Utako was the eldest daughter of [[Iida Shinshichi I]], and wife of [[Iida Shinshichi II]], the first two owner/managers of the [[Takashimaya]] [[textiles]] store. She played a significant role in running the store alongside her husband.
Their home was destroyed as a result of the [[Hamaguri Rebellion]] in [[1864]], but the couple restarted their business, and reopened the shop in [[1870]]. After the death of her husband in [[1878]], Utako worked with her sons [[Iida Shinshichi III]] and [[Iida Tetsusaburo|Iida Tetsusaburô]], developing the company's production of textile arts and embroidered works for export, and opening export branch shops in France and England.
She died in 1907.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E6%AD%8C%E5%AD%90 Iida Utako]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
[[Category:Bakumatsu Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
*''Died: [[1907]]/10/12''
*''Japanese'': 飯田歌子 ''(Iida Utako)''
Iida Utako was the eldest daughter of [[Iida Shinshichi I]], and wife of [[Iida Shinshichi II]], the first two owner/managers of the [[Takashimaya]] [[textiles]] store. She played a significant role in running the store alongside her husband.
Their home was destroyed as a result of the [[Hamaguri Rebellion]] in [[1864]], but the couple restarted their business, and reopened the shop in [[1870]]. After the death of her husband in [[1878]], Utako worked with her sons [[Iida Shinshichi III]] and [[Iida Tetsusaburo|Iida Tetsusaburô]], developing the company's production of textile arts and embroidered works for export, and opening export branch shops in France and England.
She died in 1907.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E6%AD%8C%E5%AD%90 Iida Utako]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
[[Category:Bakumatsu Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
