Tanaka Hisashige | |
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Died | November 7, 1881 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 82)
Occupation(s) | Businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, rangaku scholar |
Hisashige Tanaka (田中 久重, October 16, 1799 – November 7, 1881) was a Japanese businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and rangaku scholar who was prominent during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period in Japan. In 1875, he founded what became the Toshiba Corporation. He has been called the "Thomas Edison of Japan" or "Karakuri Giemon."[1]