Tanaka Hisashige
Japanese engineer (1799-1881) · Japan · Scientists · Died at 82
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Something wrong?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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About this person
Country
Japan
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1799 to 1881 · aged 82
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