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Iwasaki Yatarō
Founder of Mitsubishi
In this Japanese name, the surname is Iwasaki.
Iwasaki Yatarō (岩崎 弥太郎, January 9, 1835 – February 7, 1885) was a Japaneseindustrialist and financier known as the founder of Mitsubishi, one of Japan's largest conglomerates.[1]
Early life
Yatarō Iwasaki was born on 9 January 1835 in Aki, Tosa Province (now Kōchi Prefecture) into a provincial farming family.
Iwasaki's family had been members of the samurai warrior nobility, but his great great grandfather, Iwasaki Yajiemon (岩崎弥次右衛門) had sold off his family's samurai status in obligation of debts during the Great Tenmei famine.
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His family derived from Iwasaki clan that was a branch of Takeda clan of Kai Province (甲斐武田氏). The ancestor of Iwasaki clan was Iwasaki Nobutaka (岩崎信隆) known as Takeda Shichirō (武田七郎) who was the fifth son of Takeda Nobumitsu.
The Iwasaki clan served Aki clan (安芸氏), and Chōsokabe clan (長宗我部氏) at the Battle of Sekigahara (October 21, 1600).
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