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Tanaka Hisashige

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Gender Male
Death143 years ago
Date of birth October 16,1799
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Kurume
Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan
Date of died November 7,1881
DiedTokyo
Japan
InventionsMyriad year clock
FoundedToshiba
Tanaka Seisakusho
Job Engineer
Inventor
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ID1787400
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Tanaka Hisashige Life story


Tanaka Hisashige was a Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor 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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