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Honorary Commercial Commissioners of Japan to the United States of America

Members

Members of the business mission represented the chambers of commerce of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya. At the request of their American hosts, two educators and a journalist were also added. Four members including Shibusawa brought their wives.

Photographs are from Kinen Shashincho ('Commemorative Album,' compiled in 1910).


Members Index

Shibusawa Eiichi Shibusawa Kaneko    
Doi Michio Fujie Nagataka Hara Rinnosuke Hara Ryuta
Hibiya Heizaemon Horikoshi Shinako Horikoshi Zenjuro Iida Kiro
Iiri Raisaku Ishibashi Tamenosuke Ito Morimatsu Iwahara Kenzo
Iwamoto Einosuke Iwaya Sueo Kadono Tominosuke Kameda Kozo
Kamino Kinnosuke Kanda Kumachiyoko Kanda Naibu Kato Tatsuya
Koike Kunizo Kumagai Taizo Machida Tokunosuke Masuda Meiroku
Matsukata Kojiro Matsumura Toshio Minami Takajiro Murata Shozo
Nakahashi Tokugoro Nakano Buei Natori Wasaku Nezu Kaichiro
Nishiike Nariyoshi Nishimura Jihei Oi Bokushin Otani Kahei
Sakaguchi Heibei Satake Sakutaro Shido Akira Soda Kinsaku
Takaishi Shingoro Takanashi Takako Takatsuji Narazo Taki Kumejiro
Taki Unoko Tamura Shinkichi Tanabe Junkichi Ueda Sekizo
Watase Torajiro      

The Cover and the Preface of Kinen Shashincho

The cover and the preface of Kinen Shashincho

Members' Details

Tokyo

Photo: Shibusawa Eiichi

Baron Shibusawa Eiichi
(渋沢栄一, 1840-1931)
[Tokyo]
President of First National Bank

Photo: Shibusawa Kaneko

Baroness Shibusawa Kaneko
(渋沢兼子)
[Tokyo]

Photo: Masuda Meiroku

Masuda Meiroku
(増田明六, 1873-1929)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

Photo: Takanashi Takako

Takanashi Takako
[Tanaka Takako]
(高梨タカ子[田中孝子], 1886-1966)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

Photo: Nakano Buei

Nakano Buei
(中野武営, 1848-1918)
[Tokyo]
Member of the House of Representatives
President of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
President of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Photo: Kato Tatsuya

Kato Tatsuya
(加藤辰弥, 1881-1963)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

Photo: Hibiya Heizaemon

Hibiya Heizaemon
(日比谷平左衛門, 1848-1921)
[Tokyo]
Vice-president of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
President of Kanegafuchi Spinning Co. Ltd.

Photo: Iiri Raisaku

Iiri Raisaku
(飯利来作)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

Photo: Satake Sakutaro

Satake Sakutaro
(佐竹作太郎, 1849-1915)
[Tokyo]
Member of the House of Representatives
Special member of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
President of Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

Photo: Natori Wasaku

Natori Wasaku
(名取和作, 1872-1959)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

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Photo: Iwahara Kenzo

Iwahara Kenzo
(岩原謙三, 1863-1936)
[Tokyo]
Director of Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

Photo: Nezu Kaichiro

Nezu Kaichiro
(根津嘉一郎, 1860-1940)
[Tokyo]
Member of the House of Representatives
Member of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
President of Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

Photo: Ueda Sekizo

Ueda Sekizo
(上田碩三, 1886-1949)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

Photo: Horikoshi Zenjuro

Horikoshi Zenjuro
(堀越善重郎, 1863-1936)
[Tokyo]
Owner of exporting firm Horikoshi & Co.

Photo: Horikoshi Shinako

Horikoshi Shinako
(堀越科子)
[Tokyo]

Photo: Koike Kunizo

Koike Kunizo
(小池国三, 1866-1925)
[Tokyo]
Member of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
President of stockbrokerage firm Koike & Company

Photo: Iida Kiro

Iida Kiro
(飯田旗郎, 1866-1938)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

Photo: Hara Rinnosuke

Hara Rinnosuke
(原林之助, 1857-1912)
[Tokyo]
Manager of construction firm Shimizu Gumi

Photo: Tanabe Junkichi

Tanabe Junkichi
(田辺淳吉, 1879-1926)
[Tokyo]
Attendant

Photo: Machida Tokunosuke

Machida Tokunosuke
(町田徳之助, 1866-1952)
[Tokyo]
Member of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce
Silk dealer

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Photo: Takatsuji Narazo

Takatsuji Narazo
(高辻奈良造, 1865-?)
[Tokyo]
Director of Kanegafuchi Spinning Co. Ltd.

Photo: Watase Torajiro

Watase Torajiro
(渡瀬寅次郎, 1859-1926)
[Tokyo]
Owner of Tokyo Konoen [agricultural machines and supply company]

Photo: Kanda Naibu

Baron Kanda Naibu
(神田乃武, 1857-1923)
[Tokyo]
Professor, Gakushuin University
Professor, Tokyo Higher Commercial School

Photo: Kanda Kumachiyoko

Baroness Kanda Kumachiyoko
(神田熊千代子)
[Tokyo]

Photo: Minami Takajiro

Minami Takajiro
(南鷹次郎, 1859-1936)
[Tokyo]
Doctor of agriculture
Professor, Agricultural College of Tohoku Imperial University

Photo: Iwaya Sueo

Iwaya Sueo
[Iwaya Sazanami]
(巌谷季雄[巌谷小波], 1870-1933)
[Tokyo]
Staff member of Hakubunkan Publishers
Lecturer, Waseda University
>>Postcard Gallery

Photo: Kumagai Taizo

Kumagai Taizo
(熊谷岱蔵, 1880-1962)
[Tokyo]
Assistant in the Medical College Hospital, Tokyo Imperial University

   
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Osaka

Photo: Doi Michio

Doi Michio
(土居通夫, 1837-1917)
[Osaka]
President of Osaka Chamber of Commerce
President of Osaka Electric Light Company

Photo: Takaishi Shingoro

Takaishi Shingoro
(高石真五郎, 1878-1967)
[Osaka]
Chief secretary of Osaka Chamber of Commerce

Photo: Nakahashi Tokugoro

Nakahashi Tokugoro
(中橋徳五郎, 1864-1934)
[Osaka]
Special member of Osaka Chamber of Commerce
President of Osaka Merchant Marine Co. Ltd.

Photo: Murata Shozo

Murata Shozo
(村田省蔵, 1878-1957)
[Osaka]
Attendant

Photo: Oi Bokushin

Oi Bokushin
(大井卜新, 1834-1924)
[Osaka]
Member of the House of Representatives
President of Tokyo Sulphur Co. Ltd.

Photo: Ishibashi Tamenosuke

Ishibashi Tamenosuke
(石橋為之助, 1871-1927)
[Osaka]
Member of the House of Representatives
Employee of Osaka Asahi Newspaper Company

Photo: Iwamoto Einosuke

Iwamoto Einosuke
(岩本栄之助, 1877-1916)
[Osaka]
Stock broker

Photo: Matsumura Toshio

Matsumura Toshio
(松村敏夫, 1871-1929)
[Osaka]
Lawyer
Special member of Osaka Chamber of Commerce

Photo: Sakaguchi Heibei

Sakaguchi Heibei
(坂口平兵衛, 1854-1933)
[Osaka]
Silk manufacturer

   
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Kyoto

Photo: Nishimura Jiehi

Nishimura Jihei
(西村治兵衛, 1861-1910)
[Kyoto]
Member of the House of Representatives
President of Kyoto Chamber of Commerce
President of Shoko Chochiku [Commerce and Industry Savings] Bank

Photo: Nishiike Nariyoshi

Nishiike Nariyoshi
(西池成義, 1870-1919)
[Kyoto]
Chief secretary of Kyoto Chamber of Commerce
President of Rakuhoku Hydro-power Electric Company

Photo: Fujie Nagataka

Fujie Nagataka
(藤江永孝, 1865-1915)
[Kyoto]
Director of Kyoto Municipal Ceramics Laboratory

   
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Yokohama

Photo: Otani Kahei

Otani Kahei
(大谷嘉兵衛, 1845-1933)
[Yokohama]
President of Yokohama Chamber of Commerce
President of Japan Tea Manufacturing Company

Photo: Kameda Kozo

Kameda Kozo
(亀田行蔵)
[Yokohama]
Attendant

Photo: Soda Kinsaku

Soda Kinsaku
(左右田金作, 1849-1913)
[Yokohama]
Member of Yokohama Chamber of Commerce
President of the Soda Bank

Photo: Hara Ryuta

Hara Ryuta
(原竜太, 1854-1912)
[Yokohama]
Doctor of engineering
Engineering chief of Yokohama Waterworks Bureau

Photo: Shido Akira

Shido Akira
(紫藤章, 1860-1940)
[Yokohama]
Director of Silk Inspection Laboratory
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce

   
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Kobe

Photo: Matsukata Kojiro

Matsukata Kojiro
(松方幸次郎, 1866-1950)
[Kobe]
President of Kobe Chamber of Commerce
President of Kawasaki Shipbuilding Company

Photo: Taki Kumejiro

Taki Kumejiro
(多木粂次郎, 1859-1942)
[Kobe]
Fertilizer manufacturing

Photo: Taki Unoko

Taki Unoko
(多木うの子)
[Kobe]

Photo: Tamura Shinkichi

Tamura Shinkichi
(田村新吉, 1863-1936)
[Kobe]
Owner of Tamura & Company, exporting business

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Nagoya

Photo: Kamino Kinnosuke

Kamino Kinnosuke
(神野金之助, 1849-1922)
[Nagoya]
Member of Nagoya Chamber of Commerce
President of Meiji Bank

Photo: Ito Morimatsu

Ito Morimatsu
(伊藤守松, 1878-1940)
[Nagoya]
Director of Ito Bank

Photo: Kadono Tominosuke

Kadono Tominosuke
(上遠野富之助, 1859-1928)
[Nagoya]
Vice president of Nagoya Chamber of Commerce

   
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Updated on Sep. 9, 2010

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