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Honma Munehisa

Japanese businessman

  • Fame50.5
  • Momentum3.5
  • Wikipedia2.9K
Lived 1724–1803, aged 79Japan
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  • Era
    1724–1803
    Aged 79
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Updated 2026-07-17

Munehisa Honma was a rice merchant from Sakata, Japan who traded in the Dōjima Rice Exchange in Osaka during the Tokugawa Shogunate. He is sometimes considered to be the father of the candlestick chart, a form of technical analysis used in financial markets.

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