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Tanaka Hisashige

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Tanaka Hisashige

Japanese engineer (1799–1881)

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About Tanaka Hisashige

Hisashige Tanaka 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."

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Occupation: inventor
Citizenship: Japan
Born: October 16, 1799
Died: November 7, 1881

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