1. Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism", having introduced Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration.
24 Facts About Shibusawa Eiichi
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Shibusawa Eiichi introduced many economic reforms including use of double-entry accounting, joint-stock corporations and modern note-issuing banks.
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Shibusawa Eiichi founded the first modern bank based on joint stock ownership in Japan.
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Shibusawa Eiichi was involved in the foundation of many hospitals, schools, universities, the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and charitable organizations including the Japan Red Cross.
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The Shibusawa Eiichi Zaibatsu did not hold any controlling stake in any companies.
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Shibusawa Eiichi was awarded Shonii, Second Honour under the ritsuryo rank system, which is usually given to high-ranking nobility and prime ministers.
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Shibusawa Eiichi is featured on the 10,000 Japanese yen note, one of the new designs that went into circulation on 3 July 2024.
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Shibusawa Eiichi was printed on bank notes issued by the Korea First Bank, which he owned, in 1902.
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The choice of Shibusawa Eiichi has previously been criticised in South Korea.
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Shibusawa Eiichi was born on March 16,1840, in a farmhouse in Chiaraijima.
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Shibusawa Eiichi grew up helping with the family business of dry field farming, indigo production and sale, and silk raising and later studied the Confucian classics and the history of Japan under Odaka Junchu, a scholar who was his cousin.
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Shibusawa Eiichi left his hometown at the age of twenty-three, and entered the service of Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu.
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Shibusawa Eiichi distinguished himself by his work in strengthening the household finances of the Hitotsubashi family.
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On this trip Shibusawa Eiichi observed modern European societies and cultures for the first time, and realized the importance of industrial and economic development.
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In 1873 Shibusawa Eiichi resigned from the Ministry of Finance and became the president of the Dai-Ichi Bank.
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Shibusawa Eiichi was an advocate throughout his life of the idea that good ethics and business should be in harmony.
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Shibusawa Eiichi was president of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce.
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Shibusawa Eiichi involved himself in some 600 projects related to education, social welfare and others.
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Eiichi Shibusawa had invited these US representatives to visit Japan to bridge their nations diplomatically and to promote increased business and commerce.
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Shibusawa Eiichi died at the age of ninety-one on November 11,1931.
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Shibusawa Eiichi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926 by the prime minister of Japan.
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Shibusawa Eiichi, mainly portrayed by Ryo Yoshisawa, is the main protagonist in the 60th Taiga Drama, Reach Beyond The Blue Sky, aired during 2021 on NHK.
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Shibusawa Eiichi, along with many other famous historical figures from the Meiji Restoration, is a supporting character in the historical fantasy novel Teito Monogatari by Aramata Hiroshi.
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Baron Shibusawa is highlighted in the historical novel The Emperor and the Spy by Stan S Katz.