Tanaka Hisashige
Japanese engineer
Died when: 82 years 22 days (984 months)Star Sign: Libra
Hisashige Tanaka (?? ??, October 16, 1799 – November 7, 1881) 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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