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Hisashige Tanaka (田中 久重, October 16, 1799 – November 7, 1881) 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.
The Genius of Mechanical Wonders. One of Japan's greatest inventors, he was known as "the genius of mechanical wonders." Reference: Hisashige Tanaka [Kurume City Board of Education; photo courtesy of the Board] Toshiba's founder, Hisashige Tanaka, was born the eldest son of a tortoiseshell craftsman in 1799.
Jul 29, 2013 · Tanaka Hisashige is one of Japan’s most prolific inventors. Creating everything from mechanical dolls to weapons of destruction, this guy did it all. He even started the company that later became known as Toshiba. Yeah, the Toshiba. During his life, he jetsetted all across Japan inventing masterpieces and sharing his genius with one and all.
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Sep 23, 2021 · 3 years ago. 6 minutes. 0. Wikimedia Commons. Tanaka Hisashige was the co-founder of the Japanese tech giant that is now known as Toshiba Corporation. In Japan, he has the same reputation that...
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Tanaka Hisashige and His Myriad Year Clock: Its Technological Characteristics and Historical Background; By Hashimoto Takehiko; Edited by Erich Pauer, Russelle Meade; Book: Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan; Online publication: 30 April 2022; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781912961016.006
Hisashige TANAKA (October 16, 1799 - January 11, 1881) was an inventor nicknamed 'Thomas EDISON of the East' and "Karakuri (gimmick) Giemon," who lived from the Edo Period through the Meiji Period. He was born in Kurume, Chikugo Province (present-day Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture).
Hisahige Tanaka was known as “Karakuri Giemon,” the genius of mechanical things, Here we introduce his works, full of originality and humor. First of Their Kind Here, we introduce the many Toshiba products, the first of their kind in Japan and overseas, that have brought innovations to society.
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