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Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉, Toyoda Sakichi, March 19 (the 14th of the 2nd month in East Asian Lunar Calendar), 1867 – October 30, 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born in Kosai, Shizuoka. The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies.
Learn about the life and achievements of Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Industries Corporation and the inventor of the Toyoda wooden hand loom, the Toyoda power loom and the automatic loom. Discover how he contributed to society and the textile industry with his inventions and patents.
Biography: Sakichi Toyoda is known as the "King of Japanese Inventors" and the father of the Japanese industrial revolution. Toyoda’s father was a carpenter and farmer who taught him carpentry. Toyoda grew up during a time of great change in Japan, as the country moved from the shogunate era to the Meiji era.
Although Sakichi Toyoda attained a patent for his wooden hand loom, his ultimate aim was to design a power loom. Toyoda power loom (Japan's first self-powered loom; wood-iron composite）. The first power loom invented in Japan was the device awarded patent No. 3173 "Loom" in August 1898.
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Learn about the life and inventions of Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of the Toyota Group and the automatic loom. Visit his birthplace and see his looms, patents, and books at this museum.
Learn about Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Industries Corporation, who invented the automatic loom and contributed to society. Explore his life, inventions, and legacy from 1867 to 1926.
Learn about the life and achievements of Sakichi Toyoda, who invented Japan's first power loom and founded the Toyota Group. See his timeline, inventions, awards and legacy.
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