Tanaka Hisashige
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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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JapanCategory
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Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1799 to 1881 · aged 82
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